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Tongue N Count Phrase 例:She Piece Tongue In Cheek Slip 英[Tʌŋ

单词 tongue
音标
英[tʌŋ] 美[tʌŋ]
解释
n.舌头,喙;语言,方言;演说,鞋舌;[复]口才;vt.用舌吹;舔;嵌接;[古]批评,指责;vi.吹奏(管乐器);运用舌法发音;突出;
例句

N-COUNT
舌;舌头
Your tongue is the soft movable part inside your mouth which you use for tasting, eating, and speaking.
例:I walked over to the mirror and stuck my tongue out...我走到镜子前面伸出舌头。
例: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:…her sharp wit and quick tongue…她敏捷的才思和伶俐的口齿
例: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: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:A yellow tongue of flame shot upwards.一条黄色的火舌直冲上天。
例:…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:...a lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek approach...漫不经心、虚情假意的态度
例: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:Douglas held his tongue, preferring not to speak out on a politically sensitive issue.道格拉斯沉默不语,不愿谈论政治敏感问题。

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: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。
变形
pl:tongues~

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