floss
牙线,牙線,牙签,牙线的作用
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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.
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- : to use dental floss on the teeth.
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- : to clean with dental floss.
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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.