- 1露齒的、齜牙的（多形容笑容：a toothy smile 露齒大笑，有時暗指笑得太誇張、不太真心）
Showing a lot of teeth. It is used almost always about a smile or a grin: a toothy smile is a wide one where the teeth are on show.
Showing露出 a lot of teeth很多牙齒. It這個字 is used almost always幾乎總是用來 about a smile or a grin形容微笑或笑容: a toothy smile toothy smile就是 a wide one一種燦爛的笑容, where the teeth are on show牙齒露出來的樣子.
The feeling depends on who is smiling. On a happy child or a friendly host it sounds warm and open. On a salesman, a politician, or someone you do not trust, writers use it to hint that the smile is too big to be honest — all teeth, no heart.
The feeling這種感覺 depends on取決於 who is smiling是誰在笑. On a happy child or a friendly host在開心的小孩或親切的主人身上 it sounds warm and open聽起來溫暖又開朗. On a salesman, a politician, or someone you do not trust在推銷員、政客,或你不信任的人身上, writers use it作家會用這個字 to hint暗示 that the smile is too big to be honest笑容大到不真誠 — all teeth, no heart只有牙齒,沒有真心.
It can also describe an animal or a person whose teeth are large or stick out a little, and then it is , so be careful using it about a real person's face.
It也可以 can also describe形容 an animal or a person動物或人 whose teeth are large or stick out a little牙齒很大或有點暴牙, and then在這種情況下 it is mildly unkind這個字帶點不客氣, so be careful所以要小心 using it about a real person's face用來形容真人的臉.
The word is common in stories and news writing, less common in everyday talk, where people just say "a big smile".
The word這個字 is common常出現 in stories and news writing在故事和新聞寫作裡, less common比較少見 in everyday talk在日常對話裡, where那裡 people just say人們只會說 "a big smile""笑得很開".
core核心畫面
組成tooth（牙齒）+ -y（形容詞字尾，「有…的、多…的」，來自古英文 -iġ）。就像 hair→hairy、rain→rainy，tooth→toothy 是「牙齒很明顯的」。
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。
toothyadj/ˈtuː.θi/
- 1
Having prominent teeth.
- Their ties were tidier, their houndsteeth toothier … they ended up looking more Windsorian than Windsor.
- Throughout the period, toothy giants persisted in the oceans. Perhaps the most spectacular was the megalodon shark.
- 2
With the fellator's teeth scraping the fellatee's penis.
- Hot take, maybe I'm a bit of a masochist but I enjoy some toothy head from time to time.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。