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floss

/flaws, flos/US // flɔs, flɒs //UK // (flɒs) //

牙线,牙線,牙签,牙线的作用

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Also called floss silk .

    • : the cottony fiber yielded by the silk-cotton tree.
    • : silk filaments with little or no twist, used in weaving as brocade or in embroidery.
    • : any silky, filamentous matter, as the silk of corn.
    • : dental floss.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to use dental floss on the teeth.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to clean with dental floss.

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Examples

  • The advice you got as a kid — brush your teeth, floss, eat less candy — is still important.

  • Avoid snapping floss down between your teeth, because that can traumatize your gums, Cooper said.

  • Brush and floss properlyBrush your teeth for two minutes at least twice a day, or after you’ve eaten.

  • While water flossers can’t get into all the narrow spaces between teeth like string floss can, they do cover a larger surface area and, combined with flossing and brushing, help provide a complete cleaning for that fresh-from-the-dentist feeling.

  • And there is widespread suspicion that it has about as much substance and all the health benefits of a large bag of candy floss.

  • “100 Years Ago Teddy Roosevelt Got Shot in the Chest, Then Gave a Speech Anyway,” at Mental Floss Talk about an orator.

  • Oh, sure, Joe has a tendency to floss with his own shoelaces.

  • I will floss my teeth because chimps have been known to floss their teeth.

  • They are also rather fond of a fly made from a partridge's breast feather, and body of crimson floss silk.

  • Every person is familiar with candy floss, made at stands on fair grounds, or carnivals, in an expensive whirling machine.

  • As the sugar is melted, it will be spun out in floss form through the small holes into the pan receiver.

  • She took another bungling stitch in the petal of a white floss daisy.

  • I'd as soon let Floss loose among my birds' eggs as trust you two.