1. 1nA2/ˈtuːθpeɪst/牙膏

    a thick, soft substance that you squeeze out of a tube onto a toothbrush and use to clean your teeth.

    示範例句 · Example

    Mei put a little toothpaste on her toothbrush and started brushing.

    逐字美放了一點牙膏在她的牙刷上然後開始刷。

    toothpaste 就是刷牙時擠在牙刷上的那條白白的、軟軟的東西。它的字面可以想成 tooth(牙齒)+ paste(濃稠、黏黏的糊狀物,像 tomato paste 番茄糊),所以整個字就像「給牙齒用的膏」。英文裡 toothpaste 是不可數的,所以要數的時候是數包裝:a tube of toothpaste(一條牙膏)。

    常見搭配

    • a tube of toothpaste

      一條牙膏

      one container of toothpaste

      There's still one tube of toothpaste left in the cupboard.

    • squeeze the toothpaste

      擠牙膏

      to press the tube so that toothpaste comes out

      Ren squeezed the toothpaste from the bottom of the tube.

    • put toothpaste on a toothbrush

      把牙膏擠到牙刷上

      to place toothpaste onto the brush before brushing

      Put a little toothpaste on your toothbrush first.

    • run out of toothpaste

      牙膏用完了

      to use all the toothpaste you had, so there is none left

      We ran out of toothpaste this morning.

    • a toothpaste tube

      牙膏管、牙膏軟管

      the soft container that toothpaste comes in

      Aisha rolled up the empty toothpaste tube and put it in the bin.

    意思相近

    tooth powderdentifrice

core核心畫面

A picture you already know: the tube by the sink, and the soft white line you squeeze onto a toothbrush. The word is simply its two parts stuck together — tooth + paste, a paste for your teeth — so the meaning is visible on the surface of the word itself.

可以想成洗手台上那條軟管,擠出來一小條白白軟軟的東西,抹在牙刷上刷牙。這個字沒有藏東西:tooth(牙齒)+ paste(膏狀物)拼起來,就是「刷牙用的膏」。paste 這個字本身指的是任何濃稠、可以塗抹的糊狀物,所以英文裡也有 tomato paste(番茄糊)這種用法。

意思相近

tooth powderdentifrice

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

toothpastenoun/ˈtuːθpeɪst/

  • 1

    A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth.

    • fluoride toothpaste
    • whitening toothpaste

toothpasteverb/ˈtuːθpeɪst/

  • 1

    To cover, or smear, with toothpaste.

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