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toothache

/tooth-eyk/US // ˈtuθˌeɪk //UK // (ˈtuːθˌeɪk) //

牙痛,牙疼,齿痛,牙齿疼痛

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a pain in or about a tooth.

Examples

  • It was another injury—a toothache—that launched his transition into his acting.

  • Menthol is used in medicine to relieve pain, as in rheumatism, neuralgia, throat affections and toothache.

  • “We all think the toothache would be so much more bearable, if it were only in the other tooth,” said the Professor.

  • Behold a flask of water from the holy well Zemzem, sovereign remedy for the toothache.

  • My wife having strange fits of the toothache, some times on this, and by and by on that side of her tooth, which is not common.

  • Toothache wore him down, though sometimes he welcomed it as a diversion from his sickness of heart.