Meat tooth refers to someone’s craving¹ or fondness for meat. This term is a rhyming play on the well-known phrase sweet tooth, a craving or fondness for sweet food, which has been in the language for over 600 years.

 

Meat tooth指某人爱吃肉。这个说法沿袭了sweet tooth押韵规律，并进一步演绎。Sweet tooth在英语中流传使用已超过600年，是人尽皆知的一个短语，用以形容对甜食的喜爱。

 

For example:

 

Others craved² chocolate or cheesecake; I had a "meat tooth."

 

别人都钟情于巧克力或奶酪蛋糕，我就爱吃肉。

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