tusk

英 [tʌsk] 美 [tʌsk]

• n. 长牙；獠牙；尖形物
• v. 以牙刺戳；以牙掘

英英释义

Noun:

1. a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

2. a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog

Verb:

1. stab or pierce with a horn or tusk;

   "the rhino horned the explorer"
   

2. remove the tusks of animals;

   "tusk an elephant"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. A huge tusk decorated the wall of his study.
   他书房的墙上装饰着一支巨大的象牙。
2. The second blind grasped one of the elephant's tusks and felt it.
   第二个瞎子抓住了一个象牙，摸了摸它。
3. The wild boar had its tusk sunk deeply into a tree and howled desperately.
   野猪的獠牙陷在了树里，绝望地嗥叫着。

近反义词

【近义词】

• tooth 牙齿
• bone 骨骼
• fang 尖牙
• ivory 象牙
• detusk 去掉（动物）獠牙...
• horn 喇叭