tongue
tongue
英[tʌŋ]美[tʌŋ]
n.舌头，说话能力，语言，鞋舌，舌状物；
v.吹奏乐器，舔；
复数：tongues;
例句
The dog's tongue was hanging out.狗的舌头伸在外面。
The stranger’s question surprised me so that I temporarily lost my tongue.那陌生人的询问使我大吃一惊,一时之间连话都说不出来了。
He nervously moistened his lips with his tongue.他紧张地用舌头润了润唇。
The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
The little boy has a rough tongue.这个小男孩讲话很不中听。
The wine loosed his tongue.他酒后说话很随便。
Her tongue was incessantly scolding.她嘴里不断地训人。
She is too free with her tongue and is rather impertinent to people.她讲话太随便, 对人相当无礼。
He stood tongue-tied before the huge audience.在大批听众面前他站着说不出话来。
You'd better guard your tongue.你*好说话谨慎些。
英语六级真题
No, I think they are just asking all the firms in tongue for as much money as they think they'll give.
出自-2013年6月听力原文For a brief moment during that stage of its life cycle, the tongue consists of two tiny half-tubes before merging into one.
2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section BSome criticized this detail later, saying there was just one tongue, but Merian wasn't wrong.
2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
舌;舌头
Your tongue is the soft movable part inside your mouth which you use for tasting, eating, and speaking.
例句
I walked over to the mirror and stuck my tongue out...我走到镜子前面伸出舌头。She ran her tongue around her lips.她用舌头舔了舔嘴唇。N-COUNT
说话能力;说话方式
You can use tongue to refer to the kind of things that a person says.
例句
…her sharp wit and quick tongue…她敏捷的才思和伶俐的口齿She had a nasty tongue, but I liked her.她言辞尖刻，但我喜欢她。N-COUNT
语言
A tongue is a language.
例句
The French feel passionately about their native tongue.法国人对他们的母语非常热爱。N-VAR
(烹制后通常作为冷盘的)牛舌，羊舌
Tongue is the cooked tongue of an ox or sheep. It is usually eaten cold.
N-COUNT
鞋舌
The tongue of a shoe or boot is the piece of leather which is underneath the laces.
N-COUNT
舌状物;火舌;伸入水中的狭长陆地
A tongue of something such as fire or land is a long thin piece of it.
例句
A yellow tongue of flame shot upwards.一条黄色的火舌直冲上天。…a silver, frozen tongue of water.一条冻结了的银色水舌PHRASE
无诚意的;虚情假意的
A tongue-in-cheek remark or attitude is not serious, although it may seem to be.
例句
...a lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek approach...漫不经心、虚情假意的态度This is all slightly tongue-in-cheek, I'd like to make that clear…这一切都有些缺少诚意，我想清楚地指出这点。PHRASE
一言不发;保持缄默
If you hold your tongue, you do not say anything even though you might want to or be expected to, because it is the wrong time to say it.
例句
Douglas held his tongue, preferring not to speak out on a politically sensitive issue.道格拉斯沉默不语，不愿谈论**敏感问题。PHRASE
正确发出(难读单词或短语)的音
If you say that you can not get your tongue round or around a particular word or phrase, you mean that you find it very difficult to pronounce.
PHRASE
口误
If you describe something you said as a slip of the tongue, you mean that you said it by mistake.
例句
At one stage he referred to Anna as John's fiancée, but later said that was a slip of the tongue.曾有那么一段时间他把安娜称作约翰的未婚妻，但后来又说那是口误。英汉词典释义
n.
舌头
语言; 本国语; 外国语
口条
说话方式
鞋舌
舌状物
(无脊椎动物的)舌状器官；(某些昆虫的)喙；(用作食品的)猪舌，牛舌
言语；谈话；说话能力
说法；措辞；口才
扣环针，别针
vt.
吹奏（管乐器）
舔
【木工】在(木板等)上做榫舌；用榫舌连接
adj.
-tongued 有…说话方式的；说话…的
vi.
用舌头
【音乐】吹奏管乐器
呈舌状突出
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
2. a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
3. any long thin projection that is transient;
"tongues of flame licked at the walls""rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"4. a manner of speaking;
"he spoke with a thick tongue""she has a glib tongue"5. a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
6. the tongue of certain animals used as meat
7. the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
8. metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
Verb
1. articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
2. lick or explore with the tongue
行业词典
人体组织学： 舌；
动物学： 舌，又称：舌(lingua)；
医学： 舌：口腔底部可动肌性器官，司味觉，协助咀嚼、吞咽和发音。同lingua 〔NA〕；舌形物：任何与舌形相似的组织结构或*部；同lingula〔NA〕；图示舌的主要构造；
电工： 扁脚；
药学： 舌，嘴里辨别滋味、帮助咀嚼和发音的器官。；
解剖学： 舌，又称：舌(Lingua（拉）)；
