查词 - tongue

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MOUTH

嘴

the soft part inside your mouth that you can move about and use for eating and speaking 舌，舌头 C

Joe ran his tongue over his dry lips.

乔用舌头舔舔干燥的嘴唇。

The taste of the chocolate was still on her tongue.

巧克力的余味依然留在她的唇齿之间。

The girl scowled at me, then stuck out her tongue .

女孩怒视着我，然后吐了一下舌头。

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click your tongue

to make a sharp noise with your tongue to show that you are annoyed or disappointed 〔因生气或失望而〕咂嘴

She clicked her tongue and shook her head.

她咂了一下嘴，摇了摇头。

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sharp tongue

if you have a sharp tongue, you often talk in a way that shows you are angry 尖刻的嘴巴

Gina’s sharp tongue will get her into trouble one day.

吉娜那张尖刻的嘴巴早晚会给她惹麻烦的。

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silver tongue

if you have a silver tongue, you can talk in a way that makes people like you or persuades them that you are right [文] 说话动听，能说会道 literary

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sharp-tongued/silver-tongued etc

able to talk in a very angry or pleasant way 说话尖刻的/说话动听的等

a sharp-tongued young teacher

说话尖刻的年轻教师

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with (your) tongue in (your) cheek

if you say something with your tongue in your cheek, you say it as a joke, not seriously 〔说话〕不当真的，开玩笑的

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slip of the tongue

a small mistake in something you say 说漏了嘴，说错了话，口误

Did I say $100? It must have been a slip of the tongue.

我说过 100 美元吗？那一定是口误。

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bite your tongue

to stop yourself saying something because you know it would not be sensible to say it 忍住不说，保持缄默

I wanted to argue, but I had to bite my tongue.

我想辩驳，但又不得不保持缄默。

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Cat got your tongue? Lost your tongue?

also 又作 used to ask someone why they are not talking [口] 怎么不说话了？怎么哑巴了？ spoken

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get your tongue around sth

10. to be able to say a difficult word or phrase [非正式] 说出〔某个拗口的词或短语〕 informal

I couldn’t get my tongue around the names of the villages we’d visited.

我说不来我们去过的那个村庄的名字。

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trip/roll off the tongue

11. if a name or phrase trips or rolls off your tongue, it is easy or pleasant to say 【非正式】〔某个名字或短语〕能流畅地讲出来 informal

Their names trip off the tongue very easily.

他们的名字念起来很上口。

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loosen sb’s tongue

12. if something such as alcohol loosens your tongue, it makes you talk a lot [非正式] 〔喝酒等〕使某人话多，使某人管不住嘴 informal

The wine had certainly loosened her tongue.

喝了酒，她的话自然变得多了起来。

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find your tongue

13. to say something after you have been silent for a time because you were afraid or shy [非正式] 〔因害怕或害羞而沉默之后〕终于开口说话 informal

Polly found her tongue at last and told them about the attack.

波莉终于开口说话，告诉了他们袭击的经过。

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set tongues wagging

14. to do something that people will talk about in an unkind way 使人议论纷纷，招闲话

Angela’s divorce will certainly set tongues wagging.

安杰拉的离婚肯定会招来闲言碎语。

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keep a civil tongue in your head

15. used to tell someone that they should talk politely to people [过时，口] 说话要讲礼貌 old-fashioned spoken

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speak with forked tongue

16. to say things that are not true – used humorously 说谎〔幽默用法〕

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speak in tongues

17. to talk using strange words as part of a religious experience 说奇怪的话〔一种宗教体验〕

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LANGUAGE

语言

18. LANGUAGE 语言 a language [文] 语言; 方言 literary

Anton lapsed into his own tongue when he was excited.

安东一激动就会说自己的家乡话。

mother/native tongue (the language you learn as a child) 母语

She felt more comfortable talking in her native tongue.

她说母语感觉更放松。

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FOOD

食物

the tongue of a cow or sheep, cooked and eaten cold 口条〔牛羊等舌头，制成食品，可做凉菜〕 U

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SHAPE

形状

something that has a long thin shape 舌状物 C

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Huge tongues of fire were licking the side of the building.

巨大的火舌吞卷着大楼的一侧。

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SHOE

鞋

the part of a shoe that lies on top of your foot, under the part where you tie it 鞋舌 C