tongue
- IPA[tʌŋ]
英式
- the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and (in humans) articulating speech.；the equivalent organ in other vertebrates, sometimes used (in snakes) as a scent organ or (in chameleons) for catching food.
- sound (a note) distinctly on a wind instrument by interrupting the air flow with the tongue；lick or caress with the tongue
verb: tongue, 3rd person present: tongues, gerund or present participle: tonguing, past tense: tongued, past participle: tongued
noun: tongue, plural noun: tongues
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and (in humans) articulating speech.
- ▪ the equivalent organ in other vertebrates, sometimes used (in snakes) as a scent organ or (in chameleons) for catching food.
- ▪ an analogous organ in insects, formed from some of the mouthparts and used in feeding.
- ▪ the tongue of an ox or lamb as food a galantine of tongue
- 2. used in reference to a person's style or manner of speaking he was a redoubtable debater with a caustic tongue 同義詞
- ▪ a particular language the girls were singing in their native tongue 同義詞
- 3. a strip of leather or fabric under the laces in a shoe, attached only at the front end.
- ▪ the pin of a buckle.
- 4. the free-swinging metal piece inside a bell which is made to strike the bell to produce the sound.
- 5. a long, low promontory of land.
- 6. a projecting strip on a wooden board fitting into a groove on another.
- 7. the vibrating reed of a musical instrument or organ pipe.
- 8. a jet of flame a tongue of flame flashed from the gun
動詞
- 1. sound (a note) distinctly on a wind instrument by interrupting the air flow with the tongue Eugene has worked out the correct tonguing
- 2. lick or caress with the tongue the other horse tongued every part of the colt's mane
