teetotum

/tee-toh-tuhm/US // tiˈtoʊ təm //UK // (tiːˈtəʊtəm) //

齿科,齿槽,齿科医生,齿科医院

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any small top spun with the fingers.
- : a kind of die having four sides, each marked with a different initial letter, spun with the fingers in an old game of chance.

Warble was unfamiliar with the teetotum-like things, but the others kindly instructed her.
The boat was a villainous little tub, and appeared to me to go round like a teetotum.
Every one appears to patronize the contrivance, and you constantly hear the click of the teetotum along the beach.
Scopperil, skop′e-ril, n. a top: teetotum: the bone-foundation of a button.
Mr. Bright used to say he could not turn his back on himself, but Mr. Gladstone spins round and round like a teetotum.