tusks

英 [tʌsks]

美 [tʌsks]

n.  (象和某些其他动物的)长牙
tusk的复数

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.

双语例句

• It was about the same size as the woolly mammoth but had straight tusks and less hair.
  它的个儿和毛象差不多，但是，它的象牙是直的，毛也要少些。
• Historians have long been puzzled by dots, lines and symbols which have been engraved on walls, bones, and the ivory tusks of mammoths.
  长期以来，历史学家们对刻划在墙壁上，骨头上和古代长毛象象牙上的点，线和符号感到迷惑不解。
• Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber.
  两种大型北方哺乳动物之一，有尖牙，厚厚的鲸脂外面有粗糙的硬皮。
• Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used in some parts of Africa.
  非洲的一些地区则使用象牙、猴尾和盐。
• Some hunters kill elephants to sell their tusks.
  一些猎人为了卖掉象牙而捕捉大象。
• The curved tusks of a walrus; his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard.
  海象弯曲的长牙；他咧着嘴似乎在微笑，眼里却露着凶光。
• I have a large body with wrinkled skin and tusks made out of ivory.
  我有一个满是褶皱皮肤的庞大身躯和尖尖的象牙。
• The elephants are poached for their tusks.
  为获取象牙而偷猎大象。
• They deeply respected the animals they hunted and wore the teeth and tusks of wild boar as trophies.
  他们极为尊敬猎物，并配戴野猪牙作为战利品。
• That means thousands of elephants will be hunted and killed just for their tusks.
  这意味着成千上万的大象会被猎杀，只是为了它们的大牙。