tongues

英 [tʌŋz] 美 [tʌŋz]

n.  舌; 舌头; 口条; 语言
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柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 舌;舌头
    Your tongue is the soft movable part inside your mouth which you use for tasting, eating, and speaking.
    1. I walked over to the mirror and stuck my tongue out...
      我走到镜子前面伸出舌头。
    2. She ran her tongue around her lips.
      她用舌头舔了舔嘴唇。
  2. 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.
    1. …her sharp wit and quick tongue…
      她敏捷的才思和伶俐的口齿
    2. She had a nasty tongue, but I liked her.
      她言辞尖刻，但我喜欢她。
  3. See also: The French feel passionately about their native tongue. mother tongue
  4. (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.
    1. 鞋舌
      The tongue of a shoe or boot is the piece of leather which is underneath the laces.
      1. 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.
        1. A yellow tongue of flame shot upwards.
          一条黄色的火舌直冲上天。
        2. …a silver, frozen tongue of water.
          一条冻结了的银色水舌
      2. 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.
        1. ...a lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek approach...
          漫不经心、虚情假意的态度
        2. 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。
        3. Were they written tongue-in-cheek, or with an underlying conviction?
          它们只是随便写出来的呢，还是有什么深层的信念？
      3. 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.
        1. 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。
      4. 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.
        1. PHRASE 口误
          If you describe something you said as a slip of the tongue, you mean that you said it by mistake.
          1. 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。
        2. to bite your tongue → see: bite
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        双语例句

        1. The fire came roaring through the kitchen ceiling and sent its red tongues licking into the entrance hall
          大火蔓烧过厨房的天花板咆哮而来，红色的火舌朝门厅内卷去。
        2. What set tongues wagging was the age difference between the two partners.
          这对伴侣年龄上的差异招来了不少闲话。
        3. Those girls at the telephone office have very sharp tongues and they like to make fun of others.
          电话所的女电话员们个个尖嘴嚼舌，老和他人开玩笑。
        4. Great tongues of flame shot up here and there.
          火舌四张。
        5. You must stop visiting that woman; tongues are beginning to wag.
          你不要再到那个女人那里去了，已经有人说闲话了。
        6. 2 for wicked and deceitful men have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.
          因为恶人的嘴，和诡诈人的口，已经张开攻击我。他们用撒谎的舌头对我说话。
        7. Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
          他们却用口馅媚他，用舌向他说谎。
        8. Watch the mouths and tongues of native English speakers carefully.
          仔细观察本土人士讲英语时的嘴型和舌位。
        9. Nobody knew how many cow's tongues he had eaten.
          没有人知道他吃了多少牛舌头。
        10. Then the green milk dyed their teeth and tongues green, another source of hilarity.
          然后，绿色的牛奶将她们的牙齿染成了绿色、舌头染成了绿色，又是一个滑稽源。
        11. For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the tongues of infants eloquent.
          因为，智慧开了哑巴的口，使婴儿的舌伶俐善言。
        12. I once knew every spell in all the tongues of elves.
          我以前知道所有精灵和人类。
        13. Obsidian slides and great licking tongues?
          黑曜石滑坡和巨大的舌头舔舐？
        14. Children who learn to speak two languages at once sound like a native in both tongues.
          同时学习两种语言的孩子听上去两种语言都更像母语。
        15. Tongues are for tasting, we taste with our tongues.
          舌头是尝味道的，我们用舌头尝。
        16. We found two human female tongues in his refrigerator.
          在他的冰箱里发现了两具女性舌头。
        17. The promotion of official language and the preservation of mother tongues in the society with multi-lingual background are contradictory.
          多语言多文化背景下官方语言的推广和弱势族群母语的传承和维护是一对矛盾。
        18. Some people in the church are speaking in tongues.
          教会中的一些人是说方言的。
        19. The passionate French invented another variety of the soul kiss in which only the tongues are employed.
          而热情的法国人还发明了这种灵魂之吻的变种，只有舌头起作用。
        20. Save me, o lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
          耶和华啊！求你救我脱离说谎的嘴唇和2诡诈的舌头。
        21. As he spoke all tongues, he entered into all hearts.
          他能说各种语言，也就能和一切心灵打成一片。
        22. Oh, my god, the Jew girl's speaking in tongues!
          上帝啊，犹太女孩在说方言！
        23. Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;
          他们磨舌如刀，发出苦毒的言语，好像比准了的箭。
        24. They use their tongues to suck in the green food.
          它们用舌头吮吸着绿色食品。
        25. Their faces were flushed, and their tongues were as busy as their hands.
          她们的脸通红，她们的嘴和手一般地忙。
        26. A man with the gift of tongues, he could speak fluently in for languages.
          他有很强的语言能力，能流利地讲4国语言。
        27. Cor.14:18 I thank God, I speak in tongues more than all of you.
          林前十四18我感谢神，我说方言比你们众人还多。
        28. Xiangzi's illness loosened their tongues and made them speak freely.
          祥子这点病使他们都打开了心，和他说些知己的话。
        29. Words escape even the most cunning tongues.
          这是最狡诈的舌头说出的话。
        30. Norway is very respectful of other languages, especially the mother tongues of others.
          挪威身为一个小国，对其他语言非常的尊重，尤其是母语。
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