5N-VAR (烹制后通常作为冷盘的)牛舌,羊舌Tongue is the cooked tongue of an ox or sheep. It is usually eaten cold. (烹制后通常作为冷盘的)牛舌,羊舌
6N-COUNT 鞋舌 The tongue of a shoe or boot is the piece of leather which is underneath the laces. 鞋舌
7N-COUNT 舌状物;火舌;伸入水中的狭长陆地 A tongue of something such as fire or land is a long thin piece of it. 舌状物;火舌;伸入水中的狭长陆地 [literary]
A yellow tongue of flame shot upwards. [+ of]
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
8PHRASE 无诚意的;虚情假意的 A tongue-in-cheek remark or attitude is not serious, although it may seem to be. 无诚意的;虚情假意的
...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。
Were they written tongue-in-cheek, or with an underlying conviction?
它们只是随便写出来的呢,还是有什么深层的信念?
9PHRASE 一言不发;保持缄默 If you hold your tongue, you do not say anything even though you might want to or be expected to, because it is the wrong time to say it. 一言不发;保持缄默
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。
10PHRASE [VERB inflects, PHRASE n, usually with brd-neg]正确发出(难读单词或短语)的音 If you say that you can not get your tongue round or around a particular word or phrase, you mean that you find it very difficult to pronounce. 正确发出(难读单词或短语)的音
11PHRASE 口误 If you describe something you said as a slip of the tongue, you mean that you said it by mistake. 口误
At one stage he referred to Anna as John's fiancée, but later said that was a slip of the tongue.
1soft part inside the mouth舌頭ADJECTIVE | VERB + TONGUE | TONGUE + VERB | TONGUE + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤long長舌▸➤forked叉狀舌▸➤loose, sharp (bothfigurative) 口風不嚴;說話尖刻◇Everyone knows now, thanks to Ken's loose tongue (= he could not keep the secret).拜肯那張破嘴所賜,現在每個人都知道了。◇He has a reputation for having a sharp tongue.他說話尖刻是有名的。◇She could tear a man to pieces in three minutes with her sharp tongue.她那張尖酸刻薄的嘴可以在 3 分鐘內把一個男人批得體無完膚。VERB + TONGUE➤poke out, put out, stick out伸出舌頭◇It's very rude to stick your tongue out at people.衝人吐舌頭很粗魯。➤run移動舌頭◇He ran his tongue nervously over his lips.他緊張地用舌頭舔着嘴唇。➤click咂舌;彈舌▸➤bite, hold (bothfigurative) 忍住話;保持沉默◇She was dying to say something sarcastic to him, but bit her tongue and stayed silent.她很想挖苦他幾句,但還是忍了下來,沒有說話。➤free, loosen (bothfigurative) 使自由自在地說;使無拘無束地說◇The wine had loosened his tongue.酒一下肚他就打開了話匣子。➤roll off, slip off, trip off容易說;順口◇It's not a name that exactly trips off the tongue (= is easy to say).這不是一個很順口的名字。TONGUE + VERB➤hang out舌頭耷拉在外面◇The dog lay in a patch of shade with its tongue hanging out.那條狗躺在一塊陰涼處,舌頭耷拉在嘴外面。➤flick, flicker舌頭快速伸出/顫動◇The snake's tongue flicked out of its mouth.那條蛇吐出芯子。➤lick sth舌頭舔⋯◇His tongue licked dry lips.他用舌頭舔着乾燥的嘴唇。➤wag (figurative) 嚼舌頭;說閒話◇This is a small island and tongues are beginning to wag (= people are beginning to gossip).這個島很小,人們開始說閒話了。➤find (figurative) 開口說話◇Before she could find her tongue (= speak) the door had closed behind him.她還沒有來得及開口,他就甩門而去了。➤watch (figurative) 小心言辭◇You just watch your tongue (= be careful what you say).你說話留點兒神。TONGUE + NOUN➤piercing舌頭穿眼兒◇I had a tongue piercing, an ear piercing, and a nose ring.我的舌頭和耳朵穿了眼兒,鼻子上帶了一隻環。PHRASES➤a slip of the tongue (figurative) 口誤◇He said it was a slip of the tongue (= a mistake in speaking) and apologized.他說那是一個口誤,並且道了歉。➤be on the tip of your tongue (figurative) 話到嘴邊◇It was on the tip of her tongue to refuse.她話到嘴邊想要拒絕。➤get your tongue around sth, get your tongue round sth (BrE, figurative) 準確地發出⋯音◇He was having trouble getting his tongue around my name.他唸我的名字有困難。➤a tongue of fire, a tongue of flame火舌◇Tongues of flame licked up the walls.火舌吞噬了牆壁。tongue
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2a language語言ADJECTIVE | VERB + TONGUE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤mother, native母語;本族語◇She speaks English, though her native tongue is German.她說英語,不過她的母語是德語。➤common通用語;共同語▸➤foreign外語▸➤strange陌生的語言VERB + TONGUE➤speak說⋯語◇They were speaking a foreign tongue.他們在說外語。PREPOSITION➤in a/the tongue用⋯語言◇She could hear the men whispering in a foreign tongue.她能聽到那幾名男子在用外語竊竊私語。PHRASES➤speak in tongues (= to speak in unknown languages, esp. at a religious ceremony)(尤指在宗教儀式上)說異語