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

• To keep Europe united is today the biggest challenge, Tusk said last month, referring to the very fragile and difficult consensus reached by European countries after Moscow seized Crimea in March last year.
  去年3月，在莫斯科吞并克里米亚之后，欧洲国家达成了非常脆弱而艰难的一致意见，图斯克上个月在提到这个一致意见时说，如今，要保持欧洲的团结是最大的挑战。
• Plunge or bury in flesh, as of a knife, sword, or tusk.
  陷入或者埋葬在肉中，关于刀，剑或者尖牙。
• It has yet to be confirmed whether the embassy was deliberately targeted, Sikorski said, adding that the incident has been reported to Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
  是否使馆为蓄意攻击的目标仍有待证实，西科尔斯基补充说，这一事件已报告给波兰波兰总统卡钦斯基和总理图斯克。
• An article carved or engraved from whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers.
  通常由美国捕鲸人完成的，用鲸须、鲸牙和海象胡须等雕刻出来的东西。
• Other mammals are believed to contribute to the myth of the unicorn, including the narwhal, a whale with a long, spiraling tusk.
  据说包括具有盘旋长牙的独角鲸等其它的哺乳动物和独角兽之说也有关。
• 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。”
• 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 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。
• The second felt the elephant's tusk.
  第二个瞎子摸到了大象的象牙。
• A huge tusk decorated the wall of his study.
  他书房的墙上装饰着一支巨大的象牙。