n. 1.舌；口条〔食用的牛舌等〕。 2.口才，说法；语言；国语；方言；国民。 3.舌状物；(环扣的)针；岬，湾；火舌；(皮鞋钮扣下面的)舌皮；铃舌；【建，机】雄榫，榫舌；舌饰；【电学】衔铁，舌簧；(继电器的)舌片；【铁路】尖轨；留在舌上的余味〔多指不愉快的余味〕。 4.〔美俚〕律师。 短语和例子 a coated [dirty, furred] tongue 【医学】长了舌苔的舌头。 Good brandy leaves no tongue in the morning. 好白兰地不会使人第二天感到嘴里不舒服。 one's mother tongue 家乡话，本国话。 the Chinese tongue 中国话。 all tongues 所有国民。 bite the tongue 保持沉默。 find one's tongue (张口结舌等之后)能说话了，能开口了。 give tongue (猎狗发现猎获物)咬，吠；(人)叫喊。 have a bitter [spiteful] tongue 嘴毒，说话刻薄。 have a ready [fluent] tongue 口齿伶俐，口才好。 have a rough tongue 说话粗鲁。 hold one's tongue 保持沉默。 keep a civil tongue in one's head 措辞谨慎。 lose one's tongue (因害臊等)说不出话来。 oil one's tongue 说恭维话。 on the tip of one's tongue 险些讲出。 on the tongues of men 被人谈论。 put out one's tongue 伸舌头；〔转义〕(表示某种情绪)做鬼脸。 stick [put, thrust] one's tongue in one's cheek 用舌头顶起脸颊〔侮蔑相〕。 throw tongue＝ give tongue. wag one's tongue 不断地唠叨。 with one's tongue in one's cheek 不老实地，讽刺地，挖苦地 (speak with one's tongue in cheek about peace 空谈和平)。 vt.,vi. 用舌头控制着吹奏；吹奏时用舌头；舔；做舌榫(在板上)；(将板等)做成雌雄榫[企口接缝，舌槽]接上〔＝ tongue and groove〕； 〔诗〕讲，说；〔口语〕申斥，谴责。 adj. -less 没有舌头的；缄默的；哑的。
metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side 同义词：clapper,
the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity 同义词：lingua, glossa, clapper,
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language 同义词：natural language,
a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"
the tongue of certain animals used as meat
a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea 同义词：spit,
any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark" 同义词：knife,
lick or explore with the tongue
articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
例句与用法
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A sick person often has fur on his tongue . 一个病人舌上常常有舌苔。
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The saucy child protruded her tongue . 这无礼的孩子伸出了她的舌头。
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Her clever tongue gets on one's nerves . 她的伶牙俐齿叫人招架不住。
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This snake has a highly exsertile tongue . 这条蛇的舌头可伸出很长。
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The tongue is one of the organs for pronunciation . 舌是发音器官之一。
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His silvery tongue began to wag . 他那张能说善道的嘴马上活动起来。
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These words come of a smooth tongue . 这些话全出自一个伶牙俐齿的人之口。
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Do not you dare stick your tongue out at me ! 你竟敢冲我吐舌头！
9.
The old woman's tongue had been busy . 老太婆已经在搬弄是非了。
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Her tongue was swollen with terror . 她吓得结结巴巴，做声不得。
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