单词 | teethe |
释义 | teethev. 1. intransitive. To develop or ‘cut’ teeth. (Now only in present participle and verbal noun: see teething n.2) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [verb (intransitive)] > teethe teethea1425 toothc1425 a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) vi. lf. 17 b Þei teth twyse in þe yere whan þei be wolfes [v.r. whelpes]. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 408 When the Symptoms of Teething appear, the Gums ought to be relax'd by softening Ointment. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Teeth v.n., to breed teeth; to be at the time of dentition. 1865 Princess Alice Mem. 11 Mar. (1884) 90 Victoria is teething, which makes her pale and poorly. 2. transitive. To furnish with teeth, to set teeth in. Chiefly dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > project sharply from [verb (transitive)] > furnish with (a) sharp projection(s) tooth1483 tang1566 spike1716 jag1748 teethe1775 prong1874 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Teeth, to furnish an instrument with teeth. 1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 279 O merry hae I been teethin a heckle, An merry hae I been shapin a spoon. 1832 W. A. Foster in Minstrelsy Merse (1893) 153 Out through the mark the arrows flew, They teethed it like a harrow. 1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 424 The cliffs that teeth the rift look as if they would shut into each other. 3. To ‘point’ (a wall, etc.) with lime or mortar. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > point point1374 stop1557 teethe1794 torch1882 1794 St. Acc. Scot. XI. 482 Stone walls teethed with lime. Derivatives ˈteething adj. (in sense 1). ΚΠ 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster II. vi. 73 The teething infant. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 761 Looseness of the bowels..common in teething infants. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1425 |
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