edentulous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /iːˈdɛnt.jʊ.ləs/    美 /iˈdɛnt.jʊ.ləs/|/iˈdɛn.t͡ʃʊ.ləs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Toothless. not-comparable
    — A Malay elder crawled on to the veranda, greeted Crabbe with an edentulous "Tabek!" and then crouched in a dark corner, chewing a quid of sireh with hard gums.

词源

Latin edentulus, which is in turn derived from the prefix e-, meaning "without", and the word dens, meaning "tooth."
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