tongue

英 [tʌŋ] 美 [tʌŋ]

• n. 舌头；语言；口才；舌状物
• v. 舔；用舌吹奏管乐器；发音

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]舌头

   the movable fleshy organ in the mouth, used for tasting, moving food around , and, in human beings, for producing speech

2. [C]语言,口语

   a spoken language

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 舌，舌头；口条
2. 舌状物
3. 语言；方言；口语；国语
4. 口才，说话能力
5. 舌肉；舌皮
6. <俚>律师
7. 说法
8. 【建】榫舌
9. 国民
10. 针，别针
11. 岬；湾
12. 火舌

v. 动词

1. 舔
2. <罕>说话，饶舌，闲谈
3. 呈舌形突出；伸出
4. 用舌吹（管乐器），吹奏（管乐器）， 用舌头控制着吹奏
5. 在(木板等)上做榫舌；用榫舌连接
6. 申斥，谴责
7. 榫接，嵌接
8. 发（音）
9. 以舌触
10. 讲，说
11. 说出，讲出

英英释义

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

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The tongue is one of the vocals.
   舌头是发声器官之一。
2. The dog's tongue was hanging out.
   这条狗把舌头伸在外面。
3. English is her mother tongue.
   英语是她的母语。
4. He speaks English, but his native tongue is German.
   他会说英语，但他的母语是德语。
5. That woman has a very sharp tongue.
   那个女人说话非常尖刻。
6. There appear long tongues of shadows in the sky..
   天空出现长长的舌状影子。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The dog tongued the meat on the ground.
   狗用舌头舔了舔地上的肉。
2. The tongue is one of the organs for pronunciation.
   舌是发音器官之一。
3. Try to find out the correct mouth and tongue positions for making these sounds and practice saying words containing them.
   尽量尝试去发现这些发音的正确口型及舌头位置，并通过反复训练来巩固正确的发音。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The tongue is not steel,yet it cuts.
   舌非刀剑,但能伤人。
2. We should like smoked tongue for breakfast.
   我们喜欢“熏口条”做早餐。
3. The shoelace caught on the tongue of his shoe.
   鞋带被他的鞋舌钩住了。
4. Tongues of flame shot out from the burning hut.
   火舌从燃烧的小屋中窜了出来。
5. Her name was on the tip of my tongue, but for the life of me I couldn't recall it.
   她的名字就在我的嘴边上,可是我无论如何也想不起来了。
6. Her name was on the tip of my tongue, but I refrained from saying it just in time.
   她的名字已经到了我的嘴边上,我差一点没说出来。
7. English is her mother tongue.
   英语是她的母语。
8. Command of the mother tongue is the most distinguishing mark of an educated man or woman.
   运用本国语言的能力是受过教育的人最明显的标志。
9. He used the strongest words he could lay tongue to.
   他使用了他能想到的最严厉的措词。
10. I warned her to guard her tongue in the presence of these people.
    我提醒过她在这些人面前说话要谨慎。
11. I speak a common tongue with her.
    我和她有共同语言。
12. Do not give occasion to scandalous tongues to speak of you.
    你不要给那些喜欢恶意中伤的人说你坏话的机会。
13. Those books were written in tongues so I could not read them.
    那些书是用方言写的,所以我看不懂。
14. He has a smooth tongue.
    他口才流畅。
15. He could use his eloquent tongue to stir them to greater savagery.
    他可以用他那能说会道的口才煽动他们更大胆地为所欲为。

经典引文

• The Nectar..the Bees gather with their tongues.

  出自： C. Butler

• Ang thumbed her nose at him and stuck out her tongue.

  出自： W. Motley

• 'Tis still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen Tongue.

  出自：Cymbeline , Shakespeare

• The Colonel raged..and tongued a few anathemas.

  出自： O. W. Holmes

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

bite one's tongue

保持缄默 keep silent

bite one's tongue off

对自己说的话感到懊悔 feel immediately sorry for what one has said

find one's tongue

(吓得或羞得说不出话之后)开口 begin talking (after being nervous or shy)

get one's tongue (a)round

准确地读出 pronounce (a difficult word, name, etc.) correctly

give tongue (to)

表示,表述 express one's opinion

lose one's tongue

说不出话来; 噤不能言 be too embarrassed or surprised to talk

tongues wag

说闲话; 造谣 there is gossip or rumour

(with) (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek

不诚恳地,言不由衷地 without seriously meaning what one says

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• acquire a foreign tongue 学会一种外国语
• bite one's tongue 保持沉默
• bite one's tongue off 对自己说的话感到懊悔
• click one's tongue 咂舌头
• find one's tongue 开口,开始说话
• get one's tongue (a)round 准确地读出
• give tongue (热情地)讲,大声说
• hold one's tongue 保持沉默
• lose tongue 说不出话来,噤不能言
• put out one's tongue 伸舌头,做鬼脸
• speak tongue 说某种语言
• stick out one's tongue 伸出舌头

形容词+～

• abusive tongue 出口伤人
• bitter tongue 嘴刻薄
• dirty tongue 下流话
• fluent tongue 口齿伶俐
• foul tongue 说话下流,口出恶言
• nasty tongue 污秽不堪的话
• native tongue 本族语,母语
• quick tongue 说话伶俐
• ready tongue 口齿伶俐
• sharp tongue 说话刻薄
• smooth tongue 花言巧语

名词+～

• mother tongue 本族语,母语
• sliver tongue 口才,辩才

～+名词

• ham and tongue sandwiches 火腿牛舌三明治
• tongues wag 说闲话,造谣

介词+～

• tip of tongue 舌尖
• on everyone's tongue 被众人谈论着
• with one's tongue in one's cheek 不老实地,讽刺地,挖苦地

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. tongue基本意思是“舌头”,可指人的,也可指动物的,引申可作“舌状物”解,是可数名词。
2. tongue也可作“语言”“口语”解,多指“国语”“母语”或“方言”,还可作“口才”“说话方式”解,侧重说话的能力或方式,是可数名词。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

tongue, language

• 这两个词都可指“语言”。其区别是：
• 1.tongue多指“国语”“母语”或“方言”;language指各种语言,还可指表示思想感情的一切非语言的符号或动作。例如:
• This dictionary is specially intended for people whose native tongue is not English.这本词典是专为母语不是英语的人编写的。
• Music has been called the universal language.人们称音乐为世界语言。
• 2.language是普通用语;而tongue多用于文学、诗歌中。

language，speech，tongue，dialect，idiom，slang

• 这些名词均含“语言”之意。
• language普通用词，含义广。指人的语言或文字，或动物的语言。既可指口头或书面语言，也可指手势语等。
• speech特指人的口语，也指正式的讲话。
• tongue书面用词，指人的语言，亦指人的母语。
• dialect指一种语言中，某一地方所特有的语言形式，即方言。
• idiom指一种语言中一般由几个词结合成短语或句子的特殊表达方式，即惯用语、成语。也指方言。
• slang指俚语。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的tunge，意为说话的器官，演讲，语言；最初源自原始日耳曼语的tungon。

近反义词

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