| 单词 | sweet-toothed |
| 释义 | > as lemmassweet-toothed sweet-toothed adj. /-tuːθt/ having a ‘sweet tooth’, fond of sweet things or delicacies. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sweetness > [adjective] > sweet-toothed sweet-mouthed1542 sweet-toothed1615 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [adjective] > having (good) appetite > having appetite for specific kind of food sweet-mouthed1542 sweeta1616 sweet-toothed1615 sugary1664 1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. ii. 51 She must not be butter-fingred, sweet-toothed, nor faint-hearted. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece ii. 203 The Turks are very sweet-tooth'd and love all Kind of sweet Meats. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Slaik Our use of the word seems indeed to have been borrowed from the nasty habits of sweet-toothed cooks. 1975 Times 31 May 7/2 The puddings, often a weakness in French restaurants from a sweet-toothed British customer's point of view. sweet-toothed toothed-billed (= tooth-billed adj.); also frequently as the second element in parasynthetic combinations, as buck-toothed, sweet-toothed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having beak or bill > with particular type of edge razorbilla1705 razor-billed1748 saw-billed1785 toothed-billed1841 tooth-billed1862 saw-beaked1869 serratirostral- ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xliiiiv A graffyng sawe..very thyn and thycke tothed. 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 64 They are smooth and even toothed. 1706 S. Sewall Diary 25 Dec. (1973) I. 558 I bought me a great Tooth'd Comb at Dwight's. 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 416/2 The..tribe of Dentirostres, or toothed-billed birds. < as lemmas |
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