tongue

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【词性】：n．

【释义】：

❶ 舌，舌头：find one’s tongue(在吓得目瞠口呆等之后)能说话了，能开口了．hold one’s tongue 不作声．put out one′s tongue 伸舌头．have lost on2’s tongue 太羞怯说不出话．have one’s tongue in one′s cheek无诚意地说话．❷ 口才：a bitter tongue 刻薄嘴．have a ready tongue 口齿伶俐，口才好．❸ 语言：one’s mother tongue 本国语．She spoke the Chinese tongue fluently．她中国话讲得很流利．❹ (食用的)动物的舌头：boil an ox-tongue 煮牛舌．❺ 舌形物(如鞋舌、火舌、狭长陡地等)．