tusk
美[tʌsk] 英[tʌsk]
n. 长牙;獠牙;尖形物
v. 以牙刺戳;以牙掘
英英释义
Noun- a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
- a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
Verb- stab or pierce with a horn or tusk;
"the rhino horned the explorer"
- remove the tusks of animals;
"tusk an elephant"
例句
用作名词(n.)- 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。
- The second blind grasped one of the elephant's tusks and felt it.第二个瞎子抓住了一个象牙,摸了摸它。
- The wild boar had its tusk sunk deeply into a tree and howled desperately.野猪的獠牙陷在了树里,绝望地嗥叫着。