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单词 tongue
释义 tongue

tongue /tʌŋ/

noun (MOUTH PART)
1
B1 [C] the large, soft piece of flesh in the mouth that you can move, and is used for tasting, speaking, etc.:
» I burned my tongue on some soup last night.Thesaurus+: ↑The mouth and throat
2
F0 [U] the tongue of an animal, used as food
Thesaurus+: ↑Organs eaten as meat
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Extra Examples:» The tip of the tongue is sensitive to salt and sweet stimuli and the back of the tongue is sensitive to bitter stimuli.» The horse rasped my hand with his tongue as I fed him the apple.» The poet compares his lover's tongue to a razor blade.» The doctor asked me to stick out my tongue and say 'aah'.» The tour guide kept sticking out her tongue and licking her lips - it was very distracting!
noun [C] (SHOE)
F0 a part of an object that is tongue-shaped, especially the piece of material that is under the laces in a shoeThesaurus+: ↑Shoes and shoemaking
noun [C] LITERARY (LANGUAGE)
F0 a language: » immigrants struggling to learn a foreign tongue» an ancient tongueThesaurus+: ↑Forms of languages and specialist dialects
noun [S] (STYLE OF EXPRESSION)
F0 a person's way of expressing their ideas and feelings: » She is a prolific writer with critical views and a sharp (= severe and critical) tongue.Thesaurus+: ↑Linguistic terms and linguistic style
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