Tongue
[tʌŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot.
(noun.) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
(noun.) a manner of speaking; 'he spoke with a thick tongue'; 'she has a glib tongue'.
(noun.) the tongue of certain animals used as meat.
(noun.) any long thin projection that is transient; 'tongues of flame licked at the walls'; 'rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark'.
(verb.) lick or explore with the tongue.
(verb.) articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments.
卡拉校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
(n.) The power of articulate utterance; speech.
(n.) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
(n.) Honorable discourse; eulogy.
(n.) A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.
(n.) Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
(n.) A people having a distinct language.
(n.) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
(n.) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
(n.) The lingua of an insect.
(n.) Any small sole.
(n.) That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.
(n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
(n.) A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.
(n.) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
(n.) The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
(n.) The clapper of a bell.
(n.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
(n.) Same as Reed, n., 5.
(v. t.) To speak; to utter.
(v. t.) To chide; to scold.
(v. t.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
(v. t.) To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.
(v. i.) To talk; to prate.
(v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
布伦达編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Language, speech, idiom, dialect.[2]. Talk, discourse.[3]. Projection, projecting part.
校對:鲁珀特
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Discourse, speech, language, dialect, idiom,[See IMPOST]
加德纳整理
解釋/意思:
n. the fleshy organ in the mouth used in tasting swallowing and speech: power of speech: manner of speaking: speech: discourse: a language: anything like a tongue in shape: the catch of a buckle: the pointer of a balance: a point of land.—adjs. Tongued having a tongue.; Tongue′less having no tongue.—n. Tongue′let a little tongue.—p.adj. Tongue′-shaped shaped like a tongue: (bot.) linear and fleshy and blunt at the point as a leaf.—n. Tongue′ster a babbler.—adjs. Tongue′-tied -tacked having an impediment as if the tongue were tied: unable to speak freely.—n. Tongue′-work babble chatter.—Hold one's tongue (see Hold).
巴雷特校對
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of seeing your own tongue, denotes that you will be looked upon with disfavor by your acquaintances. To see the tongue of another, foretells that scandal will villify you. To dream that your tongue is affected in any way, denotes that your carelessness in talking will get you into trouble.
贾尔斯錄入
娱乐性解釋/意思:
An unruly member that is frequently put out, yet an artist who's a hard worker at the palate and a great wag among women.
埃利奥特錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- The girl with thick lips put out her tongue again at us. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, bless the bed that I lie on; four angels guard-- Hold your tongue. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I know that I am to hold my tongue, sir! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- At all events, I held my tongue, and helped to screen what he was about. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It seemed to Fred that if Mr. Farebrother had had a beak and talons instead of his very capable tongue, his mode of attack could hardly be more cruel. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Here I felt that my professional existence depended on not holding my tongue. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- As I couldn't, I held my tongue, and bore the scolding till the old gentleman collared me. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- What the servants chiefly resented, I think, was her silent tongue and her solitary ways. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- My lady's tongue is like the meadow blades, That cut you stroking them with idle hand. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- With this tongue she takes the hide from any one. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Proofs like these are not to be set aside by the idle tongues of cavilers. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Discipline prevailed: in five minutes the confused throng was resolved into order, and comparative silence quelled the Babel clamour of tongues. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The Magyar is a language belonging to the Finno-Ugrian division of the Ural-Altaic tongues. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Yes, but scandal with it--a hideous mustering of tongues. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Their tongues are never still. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Have the cloven tongues come down again? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- If John doesn't know anything about this nonsense, don't tell him, and make Jo and Laurie hold their tongues. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- You know I understand all the inferior animal tongues. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- And thus ambassadors would be qualified to treat with foreign princes, or ministers of state, to whose tongues they were utter strangers. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- His father was a merchant, engaged in business in Pisa, a man well versed in the Latin and Greek tongues, and well known for his knowledge of mathematics. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
布雷特整理