tongue/tʌŋ/

n

1. C 舌头

• The hot soup burned my tongue. 热汤烫伤了我的舌头。

2. U (用作食物的牛等动物的)舌头

• Do you like stewed tongue? 你喜欢吃炖口条吗？

• ham and tongue sandwiches 火腿牛舌三明治

3. C 语言；方言

• a foreign tongue 外语

• Spanish is her native tongue. 西班牙语是她的母语。

4. 用作单 说话方法；说话方式

• She has a rather sharp tongue. 她说话相当刻薄。

• a slip of the tongue 口误

5. C 舌状物；(鞋子的)舌皮

• a tongue of land 一长条土地

at the tip of one's tongue 见tip bite one's (或the) tongue 保持缄默 bite one's tongue off 口 对自己刚说过的话感到后悔 find one's tongue (惊吓之后)能够开口了；(因没有自信或沉默之后)开始说话了 get one's tongue around (或round) 正确发出…的音

• He just can't get his tongue round my name. 他就是发不好我名字的音。

hold one's tongue 缄默

• Hold your tongue! 住口!

keep a civil tongue (in one's head) 讲礼貌

• Tell the children to keep a civil tongue in their heads. 告诉孩子们要讲礼貌。

wag one's tongue 唠叨不停 with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek (或tongue in cheek) 假心假意地；挖苦地

• speak with tongue in cheek 假心假意地说话