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    tongue 的英语意思

    tonguetongue1 /tʌŋ/ noun 查看全部语言翻译1mouth [countable] the soft part inside your mouth that you can move about and use for eating and speaking口腔内柔软的可活动部分,用于进食和说话;舌头:  Joe ran his tongue over his dry lips.乔用舌头舔了舔干裂的嘴唇。 The taste of the chocolate was still on her tongue.她舌尖上还留着巧克力的味道。 The girl scowled at me, then stuck out her tongue.那个女孩对我皱起眉头,然后吐出舌头。2click your tongue to make a sharp noise with your tongue to show that you are annoyed or disappointed用舌头发出清脆的声音,表示恼怒或失望:  She clicked her tongue and shook her head.她咂了咂舌头,摇了摇头。3sharp tongue if you have a sharp tongue, you often talk in a way that shows you are angry如果某人有一条"sharp tongue"(毒舌),意指他们说话方式常常显露出愤怒:  Gina’s sharp tongue will get her into trouble one day.吉娜的毒舌总有一天会给她惹麻烦的。4silver tongue literary文学 if you have a silver tongue, you can talk in a way that makes people like you or persuades them that you are right如果某人有一条"silver tongue"(巧舌),意指他们能说会道,让人喜欢或信服5sharp-tongued/silver-tongued etc able to talk in a very angry or pleasant way能以非常愤怒或非常讨人喜欢的方式说话:  a sharp-tongued young teacher一位说话刻薄的年轻教师6with (your) tongue in (your) cheek if you say something with your tongue in your cheek, you say it as a joke, not seriously如果某人说话时"tongue in cheek",意指他们是在开玩笑,并非认真的 tongue-in-cheek7slip of the tongue a small mistake in something you say说话时的小失误;口误:  Did I say $100? It must have been a slip of the tongue.我说了100美元吗?一定是口误了。8bite your tongue to stop yourself saying something because you know it would not be sensible to say it因知道说出来不明智而忍住不说:  I wanted to argue, but I had to bite my tongue.我想争辩,但不得不忍住没说。9Cat got your tongue? (also Lost your tongue?) spoken口语 used to ask someone why they are not talking用于询问某人为何不开口说话10get your tongue around something informal非正式 to be able to say a difficult word or phrase能够说出某个难以发音的词或短语:  I couldn’t get my tongue around the names of the villages we’d visited.我怎么也说不准我们去过的那些村庄的名字。11trip/roll off the tongue informal非正式 if a name or phrase trips or rolls off your tongue, it is easy or pleasant to say如果一个名字或短语"trips/rolls off your tongue",意指它说起来轻松流畅:  Their names trip off the tongue very easily.他们的名字说起来非常顺口。12loosen somebody’s tongue informal非正式 if something such as alcohol loosens your tongue, it makes you talk a lot如果酒精等东西"loosens your tongue",意指它让你话多起来:  The wine had certainly loosened her tongue.那杯酒确实让她话多了起来。13find your tongue informal非正式 to say something after you have been silent for a time because you were afraid or shy在因恐惧或害羞而沉默一段时间后,终于开口说话:  Polly found her tongue at last and told them about the attack.波莉终于开口,把袭击的事告诉了他们。14set tongues wagging to do something that people will talk about in an unkind way做出让人们以不友善的方式议论的事情:  Angela’s divorce will certainly set tongues wagging.安吉拉的离婚肯定会引起一番议论。15keep a civil tongue in your head old-fashioned旧式 spoken口语 used to tell someone that they should talk politely to people用于告诫某人应该礼貌地与人说话16speak with forked tongue to say things that are not true – used humorously说不实之词——幽默用法17speak in tongues to talk using strange words as part of a religious experience作为宗教体验的一部分,用奇异的语言说话;说方言18language literary文学 a language语言:  Anton lapsed into his own tongue when he was excited.安东兴奋起来时会不自觉地说起自己的母语。mother/native tongue (=the language you learn as a child)(即儿时习得的语言) She felt more comfortable talking in her native tongue.她用母语交流时感觉更自在。19food [uncountable] the tongue of a cow or sheep, cooked and eaten cold牛或羊的舌头,煮熟后冷食20shape [countable] something that has a long thin shape形状细长的东西tongue of Huge tongues of fire were licking the side of the building.巨大的火舌正在舔舐着建筑物的侧面。21shoe [countable] the part of a shoe that lies on top of your foot, under the part where you tie it鞋舌;鞋舌头(位于鞋带下方、覆盖脚背的部分) on the tip of your tongue at tip1(5), → hold your tongue at hold1(29)
    tonguetongue2 verb 1[intransitive, transitive] to use your tongue to make separate sounds when playing a musical instrument演奏乐器时用舌头发出分离音符的技巧;吐音2[transitive] to touch something with your tongue用舌头触碰某物