tongue的意思

基本释义

• n 舌头；语言

  the soft part inside your mouth that you can move about and use for eating and speaking

• v 舔；斥责；用舌吹

  to use your tongue to make separate sounds when playing a musical instrument

例句

1. Joe ran his tongue over his dry lips.

   乔舔了舔干燥的嘴唇。

2. The taste of the chocolate was still on her tongue.

   巧克力的余味依然留在她的舌尖。

3. The girl scowled at me, then stuck out her tongue .

   女孩怒视着我，然后吐了一下舌头。

短语

• mother tongue 母语；本国语言
• tongue in cheek 挖苦地；不是认真的
• native tongue 母语
• tongue twister 绕口令
• slip of the tongue 口误；失言；小错误

近义词

英英释义

noun 1. metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side Synonym: clapper 2. the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot 3. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity Synonym: linguaglossaclapper 4. a human written or spoken language used by a community opposed to e.g. a computer language Synonym: natural language 5. a manner of speaking e.g. he spoke with a thick tongue she has a glib tongue 6. the tongue of certain animals used as meat 7. a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea Synonym: spit 8. any long thin projection that is transient e.g. tongues of flame licked at the walls rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark Synonym: knife verb 1. lick or explore with the tongue 2. articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

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