tongue

[tʌŋ]

n.舌头, 语言, 口才, 舌状物
v.舔, 用舌吹奏管乐器,发音

n.

1. 舌, 舌头[C]

tongue depressor

压舌板, 压舌片(检查口腔喉咙时用的)

The doctor told the boy to put out his tongue.

医生告诉男孩把舌头伸出来。

2. 说话能力(或方式); 口才[the S]

She has a bitter tongue.

她说话刻薄。

3. 语言; 方言; 口语[C]

My mother tongue is Spanish.

我的母语是西班牙语。

4. 舌状物(岬, 火舌, 秤的指针等)[C]

5. (牛等烹饪用)舌肉[C][U]

6. 【俚】律师[C]

vt.

1. 舔

2. 用舌吹(管乐器)

3. 发(音)

vi.

1. 用舌吹奏管乐器

2. 【罕】说话; 饶舌

3. (地等)呈舌形突出[Q]

词形变化

动词过去式: tongued | 动词过去分词: tongued | 动词现在分词: tonguing | 动词第三人称单数: tongues |

词义辨析

同义:

n.语言; 方言

language  talk  dialect  speech  idiom  

同义参见:

vocabulary  peninsula  

英英释义

名词 tongue:

a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

同义词：lingua, glossa, clapper

a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

同义词：natural language

any long thin projection that is transient

同义词：knife

a manner of speaking

a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

同义词：spit

the tongue of certain animals used as meat

the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot

metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side

同义词：clapper

动词 tongue:

articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

lick or explore with the tongue

短语词组

find one's tongue

1. 开口说话了

The frightened girl at last found her tongue and told us the whole story.

惊恐不安的女孩终于开口了, 把整个经历告诉了我们。

hold one's tongue

1. 保持沉默; 不开口

Why are you still holding your tongue?

你为什么还不开口?

on everyone's tongue

1. 被众人谈论着

The event was on everyone's tongue.

每个人都在谈论那件事。

with one's tongue in one's cheek

1. 虚情假意地

He was saying that with his tongue in his cheek.

他只不过是虚情假意说说罢了。

补充

tonguetongue英:[tʌŋ] 美:[tʌŋ]n.1.舌头2.语言; 本国语; 外国语

例句

1. English is not her native tongue.英语不是她的母语。 2. The French feel passionately about their native tongue.法国人对自己的母语无比热爱。 3. She had a nasty tongue, but I liked her.她说话尖酸刻薄, 不过我喜欢她。 4. A yellow tongue of flame shot upwards.黄色的火舌直向上蹿。 5. a silver, frozen tongue of water银色的冰舌 6. to tongue a cigarette舔烟卷 7. to tongue a board在木板上做舌榫 8. he was a redoubtable debater with a caustic tongue.他是个言词刻薄，难对付的辩手。 9. the prioress chatted to the pedlar in a strange tongue.女修道院院长用一种奇特的语言与小贩闲谈。 10. a tongue of flame flashes four feet from the gun.枪口迸出一串4英尺长的火舌。 11. the other horse tongued every part of the colt's mane.另一匹马舔抚着这马驹的每根鬃毛。 12. she found it very difficult to get her tongue round the unfamiliar words.她发现很难念出这些陌生的单词来。 13. the tabloids have their tongues hanging out for this stuff.小报就盼着这类东西。 14. The cow ran its tongue over its lips.奶牛用舌头舔嘴唇。 15. The taste of the spice was still on her tongue.香料的味道还留在她的舌头上。 16. The little girl stuck her tongue out at me.这个小女孩冲我吐舌头。 17. My mom shook her head and clicked her tongue [=made a noise with her tongue] in disapproval.我妈妈摇摇头，啧啧地表示不赞成。 18. He spoke in a foreign tongue.他说外语。 19. English is my native tongue.英语是我的母语。 20. They speak the same tongue.他们说同一种语言。 21. His sharp/quick tongue is going to get him into trouble someday.他那张刻薄/快言快语的嘴总有一天会给他惹来麻烦。 22. "Although she was angry, she kept a civil tongue. [=she was polite]"尽管她很生气，但说话依然彬彬有礼。 23. "Watch your tongue, young man! [=don't say rude or offensive things]"说话要注意，年轻人！ 24. tongues of fire/flame火舌 25. I can't get my tongue around his last name.我发不好他的姓的音。 26. The name just rolls off the tongue.这个名字很容易发音。 27. The news of their engagement set tongues wagging. = tongues were wagging over their engagement.人们对他们订婚的消息议论纷纷。 28. He was talking with his tongue in his cheek.他只是说说而已。 29. learning how to tongue notes on the clarinet学习怎样吹奏单簧管 30. notes produced by tonguing吹奏的音调 31. tongue a cigarette舔香烟