tongue

[tʌŋ]

舌; (供食用的)口条

言语能力; 口才; 语言

[美俚]律师

舌状物, 鞋的舌;【建】雄榫; 榫舌;【电】舌簧; (继电器的)舌片; (铁路)尖轨; 岬(伸入水中的狭长陆地); 日晷、磅秤等的指针; 铃中的活动锤; 管乐器的簧片

ready tongue

敏捷的口才

mother tongue

本国语

at the tip of one's tongue

话到嘴边; 差点说出

rough side of the tongue

恶言恶语

slip of the tongue

无意中说错话

tongue twister

绕口令

tongue of flame

火舌

习惯用语: a bitter [bad, wicked] tongue 刻薄嘴; A honey tongue, a heart of gall. 口蜜腹剑。; a long tongue 快嘴, 饶舌; a rough tongue 粗鲁话; a sharp tongue 言语尖刻; a silver tongue 流利的口才; 能言善辩; 说话动听; a smooth tongue 油嘴滑舌; A still tongue makes a wise head. [谚]智者寡言。; an oily tongue 甜言蜜语; 阿谀奉承; bite one's tongue off 懊悔自己说过的话; bite the tongue 默不作声; find one's tongue 恢复说话的能力; forked tongue [美]欺人之谈; 假话, 谎话; get one's tongue round (准确地)发...音; give sb. the rough side of one's tongue 出恶言伤某人; give [throw] tongue (猎狗追踪或发现猎物时)吠叫; 大声地说, 明确地表示出来; have atonguein one's head 鼻子下面有一张嘴(用来责备某人该说话时却不说); have one's tongue in one's cheek 话里有话, 说话带刺; 虚伪地敷衍; have too much tongue 饶舌, 话多; His [Her] tongue failed him [her]. 他[她](因害怕等)而说不出话来。; hold one's tongue 住嘴; 不开口; keep a civil tongue 说话彬彬有礼; keep a still tongue in one's head 守口如瓶; keep one's tongue between one's teeth 闭口不言; loose sb.'s tongue 打开某人的话匣子; lose one's tongue 因...说不出话来, 噤不能言; oil one's tongue 阿谀奉承; on everyone's tongue (=on the tongues of men) 被众人谈论; One'stongueglued itself to the roof of one's mouth. 张口结舌,说不出话来。; One's tongue is too long for one's teeth. 说话轻率, 嘴快。; One's tongue runs before one's wit. 不加考虑, 冲口而出。; put[stick] one's tongue out at sb. 向某人伸舌头(表示蔑视); The tongue is not steel 、; yet it cuts. [谚]舌非刀剑, 但能伤人。; The tongue of idle persons is never idle. [谚]人懒嘴不懒。; tie sb.'s tongue 封住某人的嘴; wag one's tongue 胡扯, 乱说; 喋喋不休; with one's tongue hanging out 口渴的, 渴望的; with (one's) tongue in (one's)cheek 挖苦地[的]; with [have] tongue enough for two sets of teeth [口]长舌, 饶舌; tongue of the trump 头子, 首要人物; Tongues are wagging. 人们议论纷纷, 有人在说闲话。

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tongue

[tʌŋ]

a movable mass of muscular tissue attached to the floor of the mouth in most vertebrates. It is the organ of taste and aids the mastication and swallowing of food. In man it plays an important part in the articulation of speech sounds

an analogous organ in invertebrates

the tongue of certain animals used as food

a language, dialect, or idiom

the English tongue

the ability to speak

to lose one's tongue

a manner of speaking

a glib tongue

utterance or voice (esp in the phrase give tongue)

See gift of tongues

anything which resembles a tongue in shape or function

a tongue of the sea