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
• 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

• This proved a decidedly unrewarding tusk.
  结果证明这绝对是件不值得做的工作。
• The old man grasped the elephant's Tusk and felt it.
  老人抓住大象的鼻子，摸了摸。
• The premier of Poland Tusk said in6th, in view of the debt crisis which Greece encountered, now, it is not a best time for Poland to think about to access the Eurozone.
  波兰总理图斯克6日表示，鉴于希腊遇到的债务危机，目前不是波兰考虑加入欧元区的最优选择。
• Obama will be meeting with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
  奥巴马总统将会晤波兰总统科莫罗斯基以及波兰总理图斯克。
• The challenge to Mr Tusk comes from PiS, which blends patriotic conservatism and prickliness to foreigners with socially minded Catholicism.
  图斯克先生的挑战来自法律与公正党，他们将爱国保守主义和对外国人的敏感以及有社会思想的天主教混杂在一起。
• 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。
• Our common intention is also very, very clear, said Mr Tusk at a post-summit press conference. We have to maintain our sanctions until the Minsk agreement is fully implemented.
  我们的共同意图是非常明确的，图斯克在峰会后的一场记者招待会上说，我们必须维持制裁，直到俄罗斯完全履行明斯克协议为止。
• 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。
• To gore or dig with the tusks or a tusk.
  用长牙挖掘或刺。
• Only filth Torak see is you! Broken Tusk Clan! Slay this dog!
  这里唯一的废柴人渣是你呀！断牙帮！轰杀这狗才！