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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
          1. 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

            • A huge tusk decorated the wall of his study.
              他书房的墙上装饰着一支巨大的象牙。
            • Elephants wear the tusk down faster than they can grow it.
              象牙磨损的速度快于生长的速度。
            • It features a bevy of sassy women who contrast with Mr Tusk's mainly grey, male and middle-aged cabinet.
              它的特点是一群时髦活泼的女人与图斯克先生主要的头发灰白的中年男人组成的内给形成对比。
            • The second felt the elephant's tusk.
              第二个瞎子摸到了大象的象牙。
            • Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
              小型北极鲸,其雄性有扭曲的长尖牙。
            • It has yet to be confirmed whether the embassy was deliberately targeted, Sikorski said, adding that the incident has been reported to Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
              是否使馆为蓄意攻击的目标仍有待证实,西科尔斯基补充说,这一事件已报告给波兰波兰总统卡钦斯基和总理图斯克。
            • 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。
            • This proved a decidedly unrewarding tusk.
              结果证明这绝对是件不值得做的工作。
            • European Council President Donald Tusk said Sunday the European Union and the G7 leaders remain firm in their support of Ukraine in its fight against pro-Russian separatists.
              欧洲委员会主席图斯克说,欧盟和工业化七国领导人仍然坚决支持乌克兰打击东部的亲俄罗斯分离主义分子。
            • To keep Europe united is today the biggest challenge, Tusk said last month, referring to the very fragile and difficult consensus reached by European countries after Moscow seized Crimea in March last year.
              去年3月,在莫斯科吞并克里米亚之后,欧洲国家达成了非常脆弱而艰难的一致意见,图斯克上个月在提到这个一致意见时说,如今,要保持欧洲的团结是最大的挑战。