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| /tʌŋ/ |
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| 1 | C the long soft piece of flesh fixed to the bottom of your mouth that you use for tasting , speaking etc 舌头；舌 |
| I burnt my tongue on the hot coffee. 我的舌头被热咖啡给烫了。 |
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| 2 | C mainly literary a language 语言 |
| your native tongue English was clearly not his native tongue. 英语显然不是他的母语。 |
| a foreign tongue They were speaking in some foreign tongue. 他们在说一种外国话。 |
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| 3 | singular a particular way of speaking or writing 说话方式；写作风格 |
| a sharp tongue (=a severe and unkind way of speaking to people) She has a rather sharp tongue. 尖刻的说话方式 |
| a silver tongue (=an ability to talk well and persuade people) I hope you’ ve not let yourself be persuaded by Laura’ s silver tongue. 如簧巧舌；三寸不烂之舌 |
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| 4 | C/U the tongue of an animal cooked and eaten as food （供食用的动物的）舌头，口条 |
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| 5 | C a long thin piece of material that lies under the part of a shoe or boot where you fasten it 鞋舌；靴舌 |
| | 5a | +ofsomething that looks like or moves like a tongue 舌状物 | | a tongue of flame/fire 火舌 | |
| | 5b | a long narrow piece of land that continues out into a sea , lake etc （延伸入湖、海等中的）长条状陆地，舌状陆地 | |
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| - | bite your tongue
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| to stop yourself from saying something that you would like to say because it will make someone upset or angry |
| （为不使人失望或生气而）不说话，保持缄默 |
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| - | find your tongue
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| to start to be able to speak again after being too afraid or embarrassed |
| （在恐惧或困窘过后）重新开口说话 |
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| - | get your tongue round sth informal
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| to pronounce a difficult or strange word |
| 读出某词 |
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| I had trouble getting my tongue round some of their names. 他们有些名字我读不出来。 |
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| - | hold your tongue mainly literary
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| 1 | to say nothing , although you want to speak 按捺住不说话；保持缄默 |
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| 2 | old-fashioned used for telling someone not to speak 别说话；安静 |
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| - | keep a civil tongue in your head old-fashioned
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| used for telling someone not to be rude |
| 要有礼貌；不能无礼 |
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| - | loosen sb’ s tongue
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| to make someone more willing to speak or give information |
| 使某人更愿意说话；使某人说出 |
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| Three-quarters of a bottle of wine had loosened her tongue. 喝了大半瓶酒后，她打开了话匣子。 |
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| - | lost your tongue?/(has the) cat got your tongue? spoken
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| used for asking someone why they are not saying anything , especially because they usually say what they think |
| 怎么不说话？/你哑巴啦？ |
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| - | roll/trip/slip off the tongue
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| to be easy to pronounce |
| 读起来顺口；容易发音 |
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| - | a slip of the tongue
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| an occasion when you say something that you do not mean to say , or when you fail to pronounce something correctly |
| 说错；口误 |
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| - | speak in tongues
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| to speak in a strange language that no one understands as a result of extreme religious excitement |
| （由于极度宗教狂热而）说出谁也听不懂的话 |
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| - | stick your tongue out (at sb)
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| to move your tongue quickly out of your mouth as an insult |
| （朝某人）吐舌头（以示侮辱） |
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| - | tongueswag
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| if tongues wag , people say unkind things about someone |
| 嚼舌头；饶舌；说长道短 |
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| set/start tongues wagging Leaving his car parked outside her house was bound to set tongues wagging. 他把车停在她家外面这件事肯定会引起诸多非议。 |
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| - | watch your tongue spoken
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| used for saying that someone is being rude and should not say any more |
| 不得无礼；住嘴；说话注意点 |
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| - | with (your) tongue in (your) cheek
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| if you write or say something with tongue in cheek , you intend it to be humorous and do not mean it seriously |
| 开玩笑地 |
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| See also | | - guard 2 | | - tip 1 | |
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