| 单词 | tusk |
| 释义 | tusk noun[C] uk/tʌsk/us/tʌsk/either of the twolong,pointedteethof someanimalssuch aselephants （大象等动物的）长牙 Michael Nolan/robertharding/GettyImages The head & neck of non-human animals
tusk| American Dictionarytusk noun[C] us/tʌsk/either of the two,long,curvedteeththatstickout from themouthof someanimals,esp.elephantsandwalruses Examplesoftusktusk These holes and caves are mainly made by the forest elephants trunks, tusks and front legs. From theCambridge English Corpus Most of the dated archaeological finds are bone ortuskfragments, but a few are artefacts made of walrustusk. From theCambridge English Corpus The length of thetuskis 49.5 cm, and it is dark brown and weathered. From theCambridge English Corpus A large replacement pit lies adjacent to thetusk. From theCambridge English Corpus A dentarytuskandtuskpit are present but there is no parasymphyseal tooth row. From theCambridge English Corpus Ivory tusks were ensured safe arrival at the coast after they had been ritually marked with spots, lines and figures. From theCambridge English Corpus The third grabs hold of atuskand declares that an elephant is a cold smooth pillar. From theCambridge English Corpus Note the triangular depression behind the anterior palatal vacuity, and part of the right dentarytuskin (b). From theCambridge English Corpus Throughout the inquiry they showed strong reluctance to debate hiding the tusks in terms of game legislation. From theCambridge English Corpus An elephant is painted using a fatter body form, a long trunk, tusks and rounded ears. From theCambridge English Corpus Juliana is the one who suggested that the tusks must be hidden. From theCambridge English Corpus Innocent people are dealing in ivory which has come from dead elephants' tusks and there is nothing wrong with that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I owned onetuskwhich went round once, which probably entitled me to a baby sitter for a week or two but not much more. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of the tusks were just eight inches long, indicating that baby elephants died in large numbers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The wild boar was sharpening his tusks against a tree. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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