- (also formal dental surgeon)
a person whose job is to take care of people’s teeth 牙科醫生 to see/visit/consult your dentist 去看/去看/咨詢你的牙醫 the dentist's chair/drill 牙醫的椅子/鑽頭
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- qualified
- registered
- …
- recommend
- register with
- appointment
- office
- chair
- …
- a dentist’s appointment
- a/the dentist’s office
- a/the dentist’s chair
- …
- often dentist’s(plural dentists)
a place where a dentist sees patients 牙科診所 I hate going to the dentist. 我討厭去看牙醫。 an appointment at the dentist’s 牙科診所的門診預約 She couldn’t get treatment because she wasn’t registered with the dentist. 她沒在牙醫那兒登記，所以沒法得到治療。
More Like This Shops, etc. with apostrophesShops, etc. with apostrophesOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- qualified
- registered
- …
- recommend
- register with
- appointment
- office
- chair
- …
- a dentist’s appointment
- a/the dentist’s office
- a/the dentist’s chair
- …
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French dentiste, from dent ‘tooth’, from Latin dens, dent-.