artificial teeth on a thin piece of plastic (= a plate), worn by somebody who no longer has all their own teeth 义齿;假牙 Remember to clean your dentures after you take them out. 记着取下假牙后要清洗干净。 She doesn't wear her dentures at night. 她晚上不戴假牙。 a new set of dentures 一副新假牙
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ill-fitting
- partial
- set
- have in
- wear
- put in
- …
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French, from dent ‘tooth’, from Latin dens, dent-.