tusk

英 [tʌsk]

美 [tʌsk]

n.  (象和某些其他动物的)长牙

复数：tusks　过去式：tusked　第三人称单数：tusks　现在分词：tusking　过去分词：tusked　

GRE

BNC.21007 / COCA.16945

牛津词典

noun

• （象和某些其他动物的）长牙
  either of the long curved teeth that stick out of the mouth of elephants and some other animals

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.

英英释义

noun

• a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging
• a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
  Synonym:ivory

verb

• remove the tusks of animals
  1. tusk an elephant
  Synonym:detusk
• stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
  1. the rhino horned the explorer
  Synonym:horn

双语例句

• Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the crash was the most tragic event of the country's post World War II history.
  唐纳德·塔斯克总理说，此次坠机事故是二战后波兰遭遇的最大悲剧。
• The Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has claimed victory in the country's general election after exit polls indicated his ruling centre-right Civic Platform party was comfortably ahead of its rivals.
  投票显示，波兰执政的中间偏右派公民纲领党轻松取胜竞争对手，属于该党的总理唐纳德？图斯克宣布赢得该国大选。
• Only filth Torak see is you! Broken Tusk Clan! Slay this dog!
  这里唯一的废柴人渣是你呀！断牙帮！轰杀这狗才！
• The first man touched the elephant's tusk and stated," The elephant is like a carrot. "
  第一个瞎子摸到大象的呀，说，“大象像根尖长的萝卜。”
• To pierceor stab with a horn or tusk.
  用角抵；用长牙戳。
• Poland's prime minister, Donald Tusk, said that he would travel immediately to Smolensk, Russia, the site of the crash.
  波兰总理唐纳德塔斯克说他将立即飞往坠毁地点&俄国的斯摩林斯克。
• To gore or dig with the tusks or a tusk.
  用长牙挖掘或刺。
• The street value of elephant tusk is believed to exceed thousands of dollars per kilo and officials have acknowledged the role of organised crime in the poaching crisis.
  象牙的市场价格每公斤超过数千美元。官方承认在偷猎危机中组织了犯罪活动。
• Elephants wear the tusk down faster than they can grow it.
  象牙磨损的速度快于生长的速度。
• The old man grasped the elephant's Tusk and felt it.
  老人抓住大象的鼻子，摸了摸。