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 succeed in that tusk you need to be a superman.
  如要完成那项任务，你需要有超人的力量。
• 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。
• 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。
• The old man grasped the elephant's Tusk and felt it.
  老人抓住大象的鼻子，摸了摸。
• 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。
• This proved a decidedly unrewarding tusk.
  结果证明这绝对是件不值得做的工作。
• Our common intention is also very, very clear, said Mr Tusk at a post-summit press conference. We have to maintain our sanctions until the Minsk agreement is fully implemented.
  我们的共同意图是非常明确的，图斯克在峰会后的一场记者招待会上说，我们必须维持制裁，直到俄罗斯完全履行明斯克协议为止。
• Polish Prime Minister Tusk recently said that the issue football, Poland can take some risks radical approach, even if it will have to pay.
  波兰总理图斯克日前表示，在足球问题上，波兰可以采取一些冒险、激进的方法，即使这会付出一定的代价。
• 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。
• 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。