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-.