Toothpick
['tuːθpɪk] or ['tuθpɪk]
解释:
(noun.) pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth.
整理:斯特拉--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A pointed instument for clearing the teeth of substances lodged between them.
校对:梅勒妮
例句:
- There was another old woman watching by the bed; the parish apothecary's apprentice was standing by the fire, making a toothpick out of a quill. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- If she lasts a couple of hours, I shall be surprised,' said the apothecary's apprentice, intent upon the toothpick's point. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Her knitting was before her, but she had laid it down to pick her teeth with a toothpick. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- In one of these excursive glances she perceived among a group of young men, the very he, who had given them a lecture on toothpick-cases at Gray's. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- To cleanse use well-made brushes, soft quill, or wood toothpicks, an antacid styptic tooth wash, and precipitated chalk. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
录入:莫伊拉