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单词 incisor
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Definition of incisor in English:

incisor

(also incisor tooth)
noun ɪnˈsʌɪzəɪnˈsaɪzər
  • A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting. In humans there are four incisors in each jaw.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • About a quarter of the tusk - a greatly elongated upper incisor tooth - resides in the animal's head.
    • Our teeth include incisors and canines designed for tearing flesh.
    • During the teenage years, boys and girls get each of their top four incisor teeth filed to a point.
    • The molars' purpose is to grind food, and the incisors and canine teeth are used to bite into and tear food.
    • During the struggle it is believed the woman may have knocked out the man's lower front incisor - such a tooth was found at the scene and is being examined by forensic experts.
    • It is usually the incisors (front teeth) but the molars can also become deformed.
    • The lower jawbone of the hippopotamus reveals six incisor teeth, whereas the hippopotamus that survives in Africa has only four incisors.
    • The teeth most often missing are the third molars, second premolars, and maxillary lateral incisors, and other teeth may be reduced in size.
    • Firmly embedded in his forehead were two human incisors - mementos left by his would be robber.
    • Moles have small, sharp incisors and canine teeth that are used for catching and eating grubs and earthworms.
    • The upper lateral incisors may be duplicated and the development of four molars or two supernumerary premolars may also occur.
    • Generally, the front, incisor and canine teeth have one canal, premolars have two canals and the back molar teeth have three.
    • Those are the things that the front teeth, the incisors act on in order to regulate the bite size that goes into the mouth.
    • The first measurements they took were the length of the hard palate, from the first premolar to the last incisor.
    • All animals in this order lack incisor and canine teeth, but they may have numerous simple molars in the backs of their jaws.
    • Not too surprisingly, it had broad upper incisors and chisel-shaped lower incisors.
    • Billy has been left with only eight back teeth and his two front incisors, which dentists say are so badly decayed they will fall out in months.
    • Two more chimpanzee teeth were later found at the site, an upper incisor and a tooth tentatively identified as a molar.
    • In contrast to man, apes tend to have large incisor and canine teeth which are relatively larger than their molars.
    • He opened his mouth to show a gap in the front of his mouth where an incisor should have been.

Origin

Late 17th century: from medieval Latin, literally 'cutter', from Latin incis- (see incise).

Rhymes

adviser, chastiser, coryza, despiser, deviser, divisor, Dreiser, Eliza, Kaiser, Liza, miser, Mount Isa, provisor, reviser, riser, sizer, visor
 
 

Definition of incisor in US English:

incisor

nounɪnˈsaɪzərinˈsīzər
also incisor tooth
  • A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting. In humans there are four incisors in each jaw.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Generally, the front, incisor and canine teeth have one canal, premolars have two canals and the back molar teeth have three.
    • The molars' purpose is to grind food, and the incisors and canine teeth are used to bite into and tear food.
    • The teeth most often missing are the third molars, second premolars, and maxillary lateral incisors, and other teeth may be reduced in size.
    • It is usually the incisors (front teeth) but the molars can also become deformed.
    • In contrast to man, apes tend to have large incisor and canine teeth which are relatively larger than their molars.
    • Firmly embedded in his forehead were two human incisors - mementos left by his would be robber.
    • The upper lateral incisors may be duplicated and the development of four molars or two supernumerary premolars may also occur.
    • Our teeth include incisors and canines designed for tearing flesh.
    • All animals in this order lack incisor and canine teeth, but they may have numerous simple molars in the backs of their jaws.
    • Two more chimpanzee teeth were later found at the site, an upper incisor and a tooth tentatively identified as a molar.
    • The lower jawbone of the hippopotamus reveals six incisor teeth, whereas the hippopotamus that survives in Africa has only four incisors.
    • During the struggle it is believed the woman may have knocked out the man's lower front incisor - such a tooth was found at the scene and is being examined by forensic experts.
    • The first measurements they took were the length of the hard palate, from the first premolar to the last incisor.
    • During the teenage years, boys and girls get each of their top four incisor teeth filed to a point.
    • He opened his mouth to show a gap in the front of his mouth where an incisor should have been.
    • Not too surprisingly, it had broad upper incisors and chisel-shaped lower incisors.
    • Billy has been left with only eight back teeth and his two front incisors, which dentists say are so badly decayed they will fall out in months.
    • About a quarter of the tusk - a greatly elongated upper incisor tooth - resides in the animal's head.
    • Those are the things that the front teeth, the incisors act on in order to regulate the bite size that goes into the mouth.
    • Moles have small, sharp incisors and canine teeth that are used for catching and eating grubs and earthworms.

Origin

Late 17th century: from medieval Latin, literally ‘cutter’, from Latin incis- (see incise).

 
 
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