toothless + noun
toothless 常作定语修饰名词,如 toothless mouth、toothless smile。
She gave a toothless grin.
她露出一个没有牙齿的笑容。
无齿的;无牙的
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
无齿的;无牙的
lacking teeth
She gave a toothless grin.
她露出一个没有牙齿的笑容。
没有牙齿的。
Having no teeth.
无牙的;没牙齿的
lacking teeth
软弱的;无力执行的。
Weak; having no ability to enforce something.
缺乏必要力量而无效的
lacking necessary force for effectiveness
The toothless baby smiled at her mother.
那个没牙的宝宝朝妈妈笑了。
AI contextual example
Without his dentures, the old man looked toothless.
不戴假牙的时候,那位老人看起来没有牙齿。
AI contextual example
The tiger in the cartoon was toothless but still scary.
动画片里的老虎没有牙齿,但还是令人害怕。
AI contextual example
most birds are toothless
大多数鸟类没有牙齿。
WordNet
toothless 常作定语修饰名词,如 toothless mouth、toothless smile。
She gave a toothless grin.
她露出一个没有牙齿的笑容。
用在系动词后作表语,表示处于没有牙齿的状态。
The old dog is nearly toothless.
这只老狗的牙几乎掉光了。
Not this
My grandfather is teethless.
Use this
My grandfather is toothless.
不要用复数 teeth 加 -less 构成形容词;toothless 由单数词根 tooth 加后缀 -less 构成。
Not this
The baby is no tooth.
Use this
The baby is toothless.
表示“没有牙齿的”应用形容词 toothless 作表语;no tooth 是名词短语,不能用来描述状态。
Not this
Many toothless cannot eat hard food.
Use this
Many toothless people cannot eat hard food.
toothless 是形容词,不能单独作名词表示“无牙的人”,需加 people 等名词,或用 the toothless 泛指这一类人。
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没牙的笑容
The baby gave a toothless smile.
婴儿露出了没牙的笑容。
没牙的咧嘴笑
The old man greeted us with a toothless grin.
那位老人带着没牙的笑容迎接我们。
没牙的嘴
He opened his toothless mouth to speak.
他张开没牙的嘴想说话。
没牙的老人
A toothless old man sat on the bench.
一位没牙的老人坐在长椅上。
没牙的牙床
Her toothless gums made chewing painful.
她没牙的牙床使得咀嚼很疼。
纸老虎;看似强势却无法真正施加影响的人或机构
The committee is a toothless tiger; it can make recommendations but has no power to enforce them.
该委员会是一只纸老虎;它可以提出建议,却没有权力强制执行。
没牙的笑容(常指婴儿或老人咧嘴笑)
The old man gave a toothless grin when he saw his grandchildren.
老人看到孙辈们时,露出了没牙的笑容。
我要叫你没牙仔。
Toothless may look toothless when his teeth are retracted.
当没牙仔收起牙齿时,他可能看起来像没有牙齿。
发长 /uː/ 音 (如 food, boot)
Use toothless naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想记忆:tooth(牙)+ less(无)=无牙;像《驯龙高手》的龙没牙,笑起来牙床光秃秃。
语域:neutral 常见场景:everyday description of people or animals、dental or medical writing toothless 在“没有牙齿”这一本义上语气中性,日常描述人和动物以及牙科、医疗语境中都比较常见。
只有 ruthless /ˈruθləs/ 与 toothless /ˈtuθləs/ 押韵,重读元音和后面的 /θləs/ 相同。faithless /ˈfeɪθləs/、breathless /ˈbrɛθləs/ 虽然拼写也以 -thless 结尾,但重读元音不同,并不押韵。
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