| 单词 | tongue |
| 释义 | tongue /tAij; tAi]/ n 1 [C] movable organ in the mouth, used in talking, tasting, licking, etc: 舌; 舌头： The doctor asked me to put out my 医生要我伸出舌头。 Don't put your,— out at me, you cheeky girl! 不要向我伸舌头, 你这没规矩的丫头！ → the illus at mouth, snake. 参看 mouth, snake 之插图。 have sth on the tip of one's ~. ctip'(1). find one's ~, become able to speak again (after being too shy to do so). (在羞怯得说不出话之后)开口说话; 恢复说话能力。 have/say sth with/ speak with one's ~ in one's cheek, say sth that one does not intend to be taken seriously. 无诚意地说话; 非认真地说话。 Hence, 由此产生，，~ - in-'cheek adj, adv. ~-in-cheek remarks; 无诚意的话; speak ~-in-cheek. 非认真地说。 have lost one's ~, be too shy to speak. 羞庄得说不出话来。 have a ready ~, be fluent, quick to answer questions, etc. 口齿伶闸; 能言善道; 口才好。 hold one's —, be silent, saying, nothing. 缄默; 不开口。 keep a civil ， ~ in one's head, not be rude. U 慎措辞; 谈吐温雅。 '~-tied adj silent; unable or unwilling to speak through shyness, fear, etc, 沉默的; (因羞怯、恐惧等而) 张口结舌的; 说不出话的。 ' ~- twister n word or succession of words difficult to utter quickly and correctly. 绕口令。 2 [C] language: 语言： one's mother ~, one's native language; 本国话; 母语; the German 德国话。 3 [C, U] animal's ~ as an article of food: (用作食物的) 动物的舌头; 舌肉： boil an 'ox- ~; 煮牛舌; ham and ~ sandwiches. 火腿和舌肉的三明治。 4 sth like a ~ in shape or function, eg the clapper of a bell, the strip of leather under the laces of a shoe, a jet of flame (which licks things), a long promontory (a ~ of land). 舌状物 (如铃舌、 鞋舌、火舌、狭长的海角等) 。 ~d adj (in compounds) having a ~ of the kind indicated: (用于瘟合字中) 有某种舌的; 说话…的： a sharp- ~d woman. 言词锋利的女人。 |
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