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tusk

英 [tʌsk]

美 [tʌsk]

n.  (象和某些其他动物的)长牙

复数:tusks 过去式:tusked 第三人称单数:tusks 现在分词:tusking 过去分词:tusked 

GRE

BNC.21007 / COCA.16945

牛津词典

    noun

    • (象和某些其他动物的)长牙
      either of the long curved teeth that stick out of the mouth of elephants and some other animals

      柯林斯词典

      • (象、野猪、海象等的) 长牙
        Thetusksof an elephant, wild boar, or walrus are its two very long, curved, pointed teeth.

        英英释义

        noun

        • a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging
          1. a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
              Synonym:ivory

            verb

            • remove the tusks of animals
              1. tusk an elephant
              Synonym:detusk
            • stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
              1. the rhino horned the explorer
              Synonym:horn

            双语例句

            • To pierceor stab with a horn or tusk.
              用角抵;用长牙戳。
            • This proved a decidedly unrewarding tusk.
              结果证明这绝对是件不值得做的工作。
            • Polish Prime Minister Tusk recently said that the issue football, Poland can take some risks radical approach, even if it will have to pay.
              波兰总理图斯克日前表示,在足球问题上,波兰可以采取一些冒险、激进的方法,即使这会付出一定的代价。
            • An article carved or engraved from whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers.
              通常由美国捕鲸人完成的,用鲸须、鲸牙和海象胡须等雕刻出来的东西。
            • The first man touched the elephant's tusk and stated," The elephant is like a carrot. "
              第一个瞎子摸到大象的呀,说,“大象像根尖长的萝卜。”
            • Poland's prime minister, Donald Tusk, said that he would travel immediately to Smolensk, Russia, the site of the crash.
              波兰总理唐纳德塔斯克说他将立即飞往坠毁地点&俄国的斯摩林斯克。
            • Plunge or bury in flesh, as of a knife, sword, or tusk.
              陷入或者埋葬在肉中,关于刀,剑或者尖牙。
            • The second felt the elephant's tusk.
              第二个瞎子摸到了大象的象牙。
            • The street value of elephant tusk is believed to exceed thousands of dollars per kilo and officials have acknowledged the role of organised crime in the poaching crisis.
              象牙的市场价格每公斤超过数千美元。官方承认在偷猎危机中组织了犯罪活动。
            • Other mammals are believed to contribute to the myth of the unicorn, including the narwhal, a whale with a long, spiraling tusk.
              据说包括具有盘旋长牙的独角鲸等其它的哺乳动物和独角兽之说也有关。