英:[tʌsk]
美:[tʌsk]
英:[tʌsk]
美:[tʌsk]
复数:tusks
第三人称单数:tusks
现在分词:tusking
过去式:tusked
过去分词:tusked
tusked (adj.), tusklike (adj.)
词根:tusk
n.tusker 有长牙的动物(象,野猪等)
Noun
1. a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
2. a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
Verb
1. stab or pierce with a horn or tusk;
"the rhino horned the explorer"
2. remove the tusks of animals;
"tusk an elephant"
古英语 tusc,也被转写为 tux,意为“动物口中突出的长而尖的牙齿”,与古弗里西亚语 tusk 同源,可能来自原始日耳曼语 *tunthsk-(源头还包括哥特语 tunþus “牙齿”),源于 PIE 词根 *dent- 的扩展形式。但是,“在盎格鲁-弗里西亚地区以外没有确定的同源词”[OED]。
獠牙
Noun Middle English, alteration of tux, from Old English tūx; akin to Old English tūsc tush
The first known use of tusk was before the 12th century
tutor1 of 2noun
a person who has the responsibility of instructing and guiding another
tutor2 of 2verb
to teach usually individually
tussocknoun
a compact bunch especially of grass or sedgealso: an area of raised solid ground in a marsh or bog that is bound together by plant roots
tussocknoun
a compact bunch especially of grass or sedgealso: an area of raised solid ground in a marsh or bog that is bound together by plant roots
tussle1 of 2verb
scuffle sense 1
tussle2 of 2noun
a physical contest or struggle
a rough argument or a struggle against difficult odds
tusk1 of 2noun
a very long large tooth (as of an elephant, walrus, or boar) that sticks out when the mouth is closed and is used especially for digging food or as a weapon
a tooth-shaped part
tusk2 of 2verb
to dig up or gash with a tusk
tuskernoun
an animal with tusksespecially: a male elephant with two normally developed tusks
tusk1 of 2noun
a very long large tooth (as of an elephant, walrus, or boar) that sticks out when the mouth is closed and is used especially for digging food or as a weapon
a tooth-shaped part
tusk2 of 2verb
to dig up or gash with a tusk
tusknoun
an elongated greatly enlarged tooth that projects when the mouth is closed and serves for digging food or as a weaponbroadly: a long protruding tooth
1 There's no worry about collecting the tusk before the key, because the door to the museum is the gating mechanism.
你不需要担心那象牙之前的钥匙,因为你如果你要进博物馆,你必须拿到钥匙,而这扇门就是博物馆的闸门机制。
2 The boar was a huge beast, with tusks as long as a man’s forearm and small eyes that swam with rage.
3 I loosened my grip just a tad, and out popped her little screecher head, comical tusks and all.
4 The male narwhal's extraordinary 1 tusk, up to three meters long, inspired 2 legends 3 of unicorns long ago.
公角鲸奇特的长牙(长达三米)在古时曾引发关于独角兽的传说.
5 Elephants wear the tusk down faster than they can grow it.
象牙磨损的速度快于生长的速度。
6 Then there was a creature bounding along the pig track toward him, with tusks gleaming and an intimidating grunt.
7 From one angle you could even make out tusks.
8 The wild boar had its tusk sunk deeply into a tree and howled desperately.
野猪的獠牙陷在了树里,绝望地嗥叫着。
9 When an elephant gets angry, its tusks can be very dangerous.
大象生气时, 它的长牙是很危险的.
10 A huge tusk decorated the wall of his study.
他书房的墙上装饰着一支巨大的象牙。
11 Again and again her tusks gave the white monarch crushing blows.
那对长牙一次又一次地向那白色的庞然大物发起了沉重的攻击.
12 The riders wore scaled copper armor and snouted helms with copper tusks and long black silk plumes, and sat high on saddles inlaid with rubies and garnets.
13 "I would not describe what is going on today as a defeat for Poland," Tusk said.
“我不会把今天发生的事描述为对波兰的失败,”图斯克说。
14 The interference took the form of scything tusks that ducked below Butler’s guard.
15 The second blind grasped one of the elephant's tusks and felt it.
第二个瞎子抓住了一个象牙,摸了摸它。
16 Tusk understands the difference between power and money. He doesn't measure his wealth in private jets but purchased souls.
塔斯克理解权力和金钱之间的区别。他衡量财富的标准不是私人飞机,而是被收买的人心。
17 An old wound a boar’s white tusk inflicted, on Parnassos years ago.
18 Some form of natural anesthetic injected through channels in the beast’s tusks.
19 We place you herewith a sample order for $ 750, for walrus tusk and whale tooth carving.
为订购海象牙与鲸鱼牙齿雕刻品,现寄上美金750元, 请立即安排发货.
20 Through the trees, she heard Nin’s voice, low and guarded, the same voice she used when she was facing down large game, all claws and tusks, ready to charge: “So. You finally found me.”