音标:[tʌŋ] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 舌, 语言能力, 讲话方式, 语言
vt. 舔, 斥责, 发...的音
vi. 使用舌头, 吹管乐器
n. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
n. any long thin projection that is transient
n. a manner of speaking
n. the tongue of certain animals used as meat
词型变化:名词复数形式 : tongues ; 现在分词 : tonguing ; 过去式 : tongued ; 第三人称单数 : tongues ; 过去分词 : tongued
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词性分布:
名词99%
动词1%

tongue的用法和样例:

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。

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

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
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