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tongue MOUTH PARTtQNnthe movable fleshy part in the mouth that is used in tasting, crushing and swallowing food and, in people, in the production of speech舌头Ow, I just bit my tongue! [C]哦，我咬到了我的舌头！I burnt my tongue on some hot soup last night. [C]昨晚喝热汤时，我烫到了舌头。He was staring at me so I stuck my tongue out at him. [C]他瞪着我，我冲着他伸了伸舌头。A great dog lay at her heels, its tongue lolling out of its mouth. [C]一条大狗躺在她的脚跟旁，它的舌头伸出在外。The snake darted out its long thin tongue. [C]这条蛇嗖地吐出它细细长长的舌头。She ran her tongue over her lips in anticipation. [C]她期盼地用舌头舔舔双唇。A few whiskies should loosen his tongue (= make him speak openly). [C]几杯威士忌酒就能让他的话变多了。Tongue can refer to the tongue of an animal, used as food.(用作食物的动物的) 门腔，舌头cold tongue and salad [U]冻舌头和色拉A tongue can also be a part of an object which is tongue-shaped, esp. the piece of material which is under the LACES (= cord used to fasten openings) in a shoe. [C]舌状物，如鞋舌To get your tongue round/around a difficult word or phrase is to pronounce it.正确发出（难发音的词的）音Try getting your tongue round some of those names after a couple bottles of wine!喝了几瓶酒以后试试正确发出这些名字的音来。It's one language that I have real difficulty getting my tongue round.这是我发音真的有困难的一种语言。(infml) If something that someone says or does sets/starts tongues wagging it causes other people to start talking and guessing things about their private lives.惹人说闲话，招人议论Do you think if we leave the party together it will set tongues wagging?你认为如果我们俩一起离开聚会的话会惹人嚼舌头吗？I think it was their dancing together that really started tongues wagging.我觉得是从他们在一起跳舞才开始真正引起了人们的闲言碎语。If you say something tongue in cheek or with your tongue in your cheek, you intend it to be understood as a joke, although you might appear to be serious.无诚意地，假心假意地; 挖苦地He's reported as having said that he was America's greatest lover, although I suspect it was tongue in cheek.据报道, 他曾说自己是美国最大的情人，而我认为他是在开玩笑。Her latest play is a firmly tongue-in-cheek look at the world of advertising.她最近的剧本全是对广告界的挖苦。If you give someone a tongue-lashing, you speak angrily to them about something that they have done wrong.痛斥After a tongue-lashing from their manager the team returned, shame-faced, to the field.在遭到球队的经理一顿痛斥后，队员们面带愧色回到了球场上。If you get tongue-tied, you find it difficult to express yourself, usually because you are nervous.（由于紧张）说不出话来Why is it that when you're with someone that you really want to impress, you find yourself completely tongue-tied!为什么会那样？当你和你非常想给对方留下良好印象的人在一起时，你自己竟会一句话也说不出来！A tongue twister is a sentence or phrase that is intended to be difficult to say, esp. when repeated quickly and often.绕口令"She sells seashells on the seashore" is a well-known tongue twister. "She sells seashells on the seashore"是一句著名的绕口令。
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