tongue
【舌头】
"Tongue" 是一个名词,指的是 舌头,它是位于口腔内的肌肉器官,主要用于吃、说话、味觉和吞咽。这个词也有一些抽象和比喻的含义,取决于上下文。
主要含义:
- 舌头:指的是我们口腔内的器官,通常与吃、说话、吞咽和味觉有关。
- 例如:The doctor asked me to stick out my tongue.
(医生让我伸出舌头。)
- 例如:The doctor asked me to stick out my tongue.
- 语言、方言:在某些上下文中,tongue 可以指一种语言或方言,尤其是当它用作 "mother tongue"(母语)或 "foreign tongue"(外语)时。
- 例如:English is not his native tongue.
(英语不是他的母语。)
- 例如:English is not his native tongue.
- 说话方式:有时 "tongue" 也用来描述某人说话的风格或口音,尤其是指说话的表达方式或习惯。
- 例如:He spoke in a sarcastic tongue.
(他说话带有讽刺的语气。)
- 例如:He spoke in a sarcastic tongue.
- 比喻意义:有时,“tongue” 还可以用来表示某种表达或说话的方式,比如“tongue-in-cheek”(带有幽默或讽刺的)或“bite one's tongue”(咬舌,指忍住不说话)。
- 例如:She spoke with a sharp tongue.
(她说话尖酸刻薄。)
- 例如:She spoke with a sharp tongue.
常见短语和搭配:
- Mother tongue:母语。
- 例如:Mandarin is her mother tongue.
(普通话是她的母语。)
- 例如:Mandarin is her mother tongue.
- Foreign tongue:外语。
- 例如:Learning a foreign tongue can open up new opportunities.
(学习外语能带来新的机会。)
- 例如:Learning a foreign tongue can open up new opportunities.
- Tongue-tied:口吃的,因紧张或害羞而无法说话。
- 例如:He was so nervous in the interview that he became tongue-tied.
(他在面试中太紧张,以至于说不出话。)
- 例如:He was so nervous in the interview that he became tongue-tied.
- On the tip of one's tongue:指某个词语或信息即将被说出,但一时想不起来。
- 例如:The word was on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn’t recall it.
(那个词就在我嘴边,但我就是想不起来。)
- 例如:The word was on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn’t recall it.
例句:
- She stuck her tongue out at the silly joke.
(她对那个傻笑吐了舌头。) - The teacher taught us to speak in a clear and articulate tongue.
(老师教我们用清晰、表达清楚的语言说话。) - His mother tongue is Spanish, but he speaks fluent English.
(他的母语是西班牙语,但他讲得一口流利的英语。)
总结:
Tongue 主要指舌头,可以用来描述语言、方言或说话方式。此外,它也可以用在一些比喻的表达中,如“tongue-tied”(口吃的)或“on the tip of one's tongue”(话到嘴边)。