【plaque音标】 英[plæk] 美[plæk]
【单词释义】 plaque是什么意思：
n.匾牌，匾额，纪念匾；牙斑，齿菌斑；[医]斑（块）
[单词分级] 专八/托福/GRE词汇
[单词复数] plaques
【单词例句】
◇ These bacteria and other microorganisms grow inside everyone's mouth, and form a claggy biofilm commonly known as dental plaque. It is made up of around 700 different species of bacteria, the second-greatest diversity in the human body after the gut, as well as a host of fungi and viruses.
这些细菌和其他微生物在每个人的口腔内生长，并形成称为牙菌斑的粘稠生物膜。它由大约700种不同的细菌组成，细菌多样性在人类体内仅次于肠道，还有大量的真菌和病毒。
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ It involved 26 adults with an average age of 64, all diagnosed with coronary artery disease, caused by plaque buildup in the walls of the arteries that supply blood to the heart.
平均年龄为64岁的26名成人参与了这个试验，他们全都确诊冠心病，这种病是由给心脏供血的冠状动脉内壁斑块的累积导致的。