tongue

英 [tʌŋ] 美[tʌŋ]

n. 舌头；语言
vt. 舔；斥责；用舌吹
vi. 说话；吹管乐器
n. (Tongue)人名；(英)唐

近义词 talk language speech idiom dialect

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英英释义

1. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

2. a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

3. any long thin projection that is transient;: "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"

4. a manner of speaking;: "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"

5. a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

6. the tongue of certain animals used as meat

7. the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot

8. metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side

同义词辨析

language, speech, tongue, dialect, idiom, slang

这些名词均含"语言"之意。

language：普通用词，含义广。指人的语言或文字，或动物的语言。既可指口头或书面语言，也可指手势语等。

speech：特指人的口语，也指正式的讲话。

tongue：书面用词，指人的语言，亦指人的母语。

dialect：指一种语言中，某一地方所特有的语言形式，即方言。

idiom：指一种语言中一般由几个词结合成短语或句子的特殊表达方式，即惯用语、成语。也指方言。

slang：指俚语。

词组搭配

find (或 lose) one's tongue

be able (or unable) to express oneself after a shock

受惊后能（或不能）说话了

考试真题

For example, she would say, you'll get a spot on your tongue if you tell a lie; if you eat stale bread, your hair will curl.

The Chinese doctor took my pulse and asked to see my tongue, both of which were new experiences to me because they are both non-existent in Western medicine.

No, I think they are just asking all the firms in tongue for as much money as they think they'll give.

For a brief moment during that stage of its life cycle, the tongue consists of two tiny half-tubes before merging into one.

Some criticized this detail later, saying there was just one tongue, but Merian wasn't wrong.

Train yourself to " bite your tongue ", and with a little practice, you'll get really good at letting things go.

实用场景例句

He clicked his tongue to attract their attention.: 他咂嘴发出啧啧声以吸引他们的注意。

She ran her tongue over her lips.: 她用舌头舔着嘴唇。

It's very rude to stick your tongue out at people.: 向别人吐舌头是非常不礼貌的。

a slice of ox tongue: 一片牛口条

None of the tribes speak the same tongue.: 这些部落所说的语言都不相同。

I tried speaking to her in her native tongue.: 我试着用她的本族语和她说话。

(formal)I'll thank you to keep a civil tongue in your head (= speak politely) .: 请你说话讲究礼貌。

He has a sharp tongue.: 他说话尖酸刻薄。

sharp-tongued: 说话尖刻

a tongue of flame: 火舌

It's not a name that exactly trips off the tongue, is it?: 这个名字叫起来拗口，是不是？

I walked over to the mirror and stuck my tongue out...: 我走到镜子前面伸出舌头。

She ran her tongue around her lips.: 她用舌头舔了舔嘴唇。

…her sharp wit and quick tongue…: 她敏捷的才思和伶俐的口齿

She had a nasty tongue, but I liked her.: 她言辞尖刻，但我喜欢她。

The French feel passionately about their native tongue.: 法国人对他们的母语非常热爱。

A yellow tongue of flame shot upwards.: 一条黄色的火舌直冲上天。

…a silver, frozen tongue of water.: 一条冻结了的银色水舌

...a lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek approach...: 漫不经心、虚情假意的态度

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。

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。

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。

词态变化

复数: tongues;

助记提示

tongue，n,舌头，音“烫”。烫了舌头，烫了舌头都是热汤惹的祸。

中文词源

tongue 舌头，语言

来自古英语 tunge,舌头，来自 Proto-Germanic*tungon,舌头，来自 PIE*tnghwa,舌头，词源同 language,lingual.字母 d,l 音变，比较 tear,lachrymose.引申词义语言。

英文词源

tongue: tongue: [OE] Tongue is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German zunge, Dutch tong, Swedish tonga, and Danish tonge. These all evolved from a prehistoric Germanic *tunggōn, whose ultimate ancestor was Indo- European *dnghwā-. This also produced Latin lingua ‘tongue, language’ (source of English language, linguistic, etc), Welsh tafod ‘tongue’, Russian jazyk ‘tongue’, etc.
=> language, linguistic
tongue (n.): Old English tunge "tongue, organ of speech; speech, a people's language," from Proto-Germanic *tungon (cognates: Old Saxon and Old Norse tunga, Old Frisian tunge, Middle Dutch tonghe, Dutch tong, Old High German zunga, German Zunge, Gothic tuggo), from PIE *dnghwa- (cognates: Latin lingua "tongue, speech, language," from Old Latin dingua; Old Irish tenge, Welsh tafod, Lithuanian liezuvis, Old Church Slavonic jezyku).

For substitution of -o- for -u-, see come. The spelling of the ending of the word apparently is a 14c. attempt to indicate proper pronunciation, but the result is "neither etymological nor phonetic, and is only in a very small degree historical" [OED]. In the "knowledge of a foreign language" sense in the Pentecostal miracle, from 1520s. Tongue-tied is first recorded 1520s. To hold (one's) tongue "refrain from speaking" was in Old English. Johnson has tonguepad "A great talker."
tongue (v.): "to touch with the tongue, lick," 1680s, from tongue (n.). Earlier as a verb it meant "drive out by order or reproach" (late 14c.). Related: Tongued; tonguing.

双语例句

1. Teddy clucked his tongue like a disapproving English matron.: 特迪咂了咂舌头，活像个不以为然的英国女舍监。

2. He stuck out his tongue and flared his nostrils.: 他伸出舌头，鼻翼扇动着。

3. I walked over to the mirror and stuck my tongue out.: 我走到镜子前面伸出舌头。

4. Tongue lolling, the dog came lolloping back from the forest.: 那只狗伸着舌头从树林里蹒跚地跑回来。

5. She made a face and stuck out her tongue at him.: 她做了个鬼脸，向他吐了吐舌头。