| 单词 | tongs |
| 释义 | tongs (once / 3349 pages) n WORD FAMILY tongs USAGE EXAMPLESUsing tongs, heat the tortillas briefly until pliable over a gas flame or on a griddle or comal. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Use tongs to transfer chicken pieces to roasting pan and arrange skin-side up. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) When timer goes off, use canning tongs to transfer the jars to a cooling rack. Seattle Times(Nov 30, 2016) n any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below Syn|Hypo|Hyper pair of tongs coal tongs, fire tongs tongs for taking hold of burning coals ice tongstongs for lifting blocks of ice device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
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