tongue

复数：tongues

1. [C]舌头 the movable fleshy organ in the mouth, used for tasting, moving food around , and, in human beings, for producing speech
2. [C]语言,口语 a spoken language

• acquire a foreign tongue学会一种外国语
• bite one's tongue保持沉默
• bite one's tongue off对自己说的话感到懊悔
• click one's tongue咂舌头
• find one's tongue开口,开始说话
• get one's tongue (a)round准确地读出
• give tongue(热情地)讲,大声说
• hold one's tongue保持沉默
• lose tongue说不出话来,噤不能言
• put out one's tongue伸舌头,做鬼脸
• speak tongue说某种语言
• stick out one's tongue伸出舌头

• abusive tongue出口伤人
• bitter tongue嘴刻薄
• dirty tongue下流话
• fluent tongue口齿伶俐
• foul tongue说话下流,口出恶言
• nasty tongue污秽不堪的话
• native tongue本族语,母语
• quick tongue说话伶俐
• ready tongue口齿伶俐
• sharp tongue说话刻薄
• smooth tongue花言巧语

• mother tongue本族语,母语
• sliver tongue口才,辩才

• ham and tongue sandwiches火腿牛舌三明治
• tongues wag说闲话,造谣

• tip of tongue舌尖
• on everyone's tongue被众人谈论着
• with one's tongue in one's cheek不老实地,讽刺地,挖苦地

mother tongue母语；本国语言

tongue in cheek挖苦地；不是认真的

native tongue母语

tongue twister绕口令

slip of the tongue口误；失言；小错误

long tongue长舌；饶舌；长舌形铁指

speak in tongues言语不清

sharp tongue说话刻薄

give tongue ◎(猎狗追踪或发现猎物时)狂吠，吠叫[亦作 throw tongue] , ◎大声说，讲；开口；表达，阐述，明确地表示出来

bite the tongue保持缄默，不做声

tongue depressor[医]压舌器

1. The tongue is one of the vocals.
   舌头是发声器官之一。
2. The dog's tongue was hanging out.
   这条狗把舌头伸在外面。
3. English is her mother tongue.
   英语是她的母语。
4. He speaks English, but his native tongue is German.
   他会说英语，但他的母语是德语。
5. That woman has a very sharp tongue.
   那个女人说话非常尖刻。
6. There appear long tongues of shadows in the sky..
   天空出现长长的舌状影子。

1. The dog tongued the meat on the ground.
   狗用舌头舔了舔地上的肉。
2. The tongue is one of the organs for pronunciation.
   舌是发音器官之一。
3. Try to find out the correct mouth and tongue positions for making these sounds and practice saying words containing them.
   尽量尝试去发现这些发音的正确口型及舌头位置，并通过反复训练来巩固正确的发音。