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- the fleshy muscular organ in the mouth of a mammal, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and (in humans) articulating speech舌, 舌头。
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- the equivalent organ in other vertebrates, sometimes used (in snakes) as a scent organ or (in chameleons) for catching food（脊椎动物的）齿舌。
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- an analogous organ in insects, formed from some of the mouthparts and used in feeding（昆虫的）喙。
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- mass noun the tongue of a hoofed mammal, in particular an ox or lamb, as food口条（尤指牛舌, 羊舌）。
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- used in reference to a person's style or manner of speaking言语风格; 说话方式：
he was a redoubtable debater with a caustic tongue.
他是个言词刻薄, 难对付的辩手。
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- a particular language语言：
the prioress chatted to the pedlar in a strange tongue.
女修道院院长用一种奇特的语言与小贩闲谈。
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- a thing resembling or likened to a tongue, in particular舌状物, 尤指：
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- a long, low promontory of land岬。
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- a strip of leather or fabric under the laces in a shoe, attached only at the front end鞋舌。
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- the free-swinging metal piece inside a bell which is made to strike the bell to produce the sound钟锤。
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- the pin of a buckle搭扣销。
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- a projecting strip on a wooden board fitting into a groove on another榫舌, 雄榫。
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- the vibrating reed of a musical instrument or organ pipe（乐器、风琴管的）簧片。
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- a jet of flame火舌：
a tongue of flame flashes four feet from the gun.
枪口迸出一串4英尺长的火舌。
(tongues, tongued, tonguing)with obj.
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- Music sound (a note) distinctly on a wind instrument by interrupting the air flow with the tongue【乐】用运舌法吹奏管乐器。
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- lick or caress with the tongue舔抚：
the other horse tongued every part of the colt's mane.
另一匹马舔抚着这马驹的每根鬃毛。
短语
find （或lose）one's tongue
- be able (or unable) to express oneself after a shock受惊后能（或不能）说话了。
get one's tongue round
- pronounce (words)念（单词）：
she found it very difficult to get her tongue round the unfamiliar words.
她发现很难念出这些陌生的单词来。
the gift of tongues
- the power of speaking in unknown languages, regarded as one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2)圣灵所赐的特异的语言能力; 口才。
give tongue
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- (of hounds) bark, especially on finding a scent（尤指猎狗闻到气味时）吠叫。
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- express one's feelings or opinions freely, sometimes objectionably so自由表达情感或观点（有时让人反感）。
keep a civil tongue in one's head
- speak politely说话礼貌。
(with) tongue in cheek
- without really meaning what one is saying or writing无诚意地, 假心假意地。
someone's tongue is hanging out
- someone is very eager for something, especially a drink渴望得到（酒等）：
the tabloids have their tongues hanging out for this stuff.
小报就盼着这类东西。
派生词
tongueless
adjective词源
Old English tunge, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tong, German Zunge and Latin lingua.