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

• The challenge to Mr Tusk comes from PiS, which blends patriotic conservatism and prickliness to foreigners with socially minded Catholicism.
  图斯克先生的挑战来自法律与公正党，他们将爱国保守主义和对外国人的敏感以及有社会思想的天主教混杂在一起。
• The second felt the elephant's tusk.
  第二个瞎子摸到了大象的象牙。
• To pierceor stab with a horn or tusk.
  用角抵；用长牙戳。
• It features a bevy of sassy women who contrast with Mr Tusk's mainly grey, male and middle-aged cabinet.
  它的特点是一群时髦活泼的女人与图斯克先生主要的头发灰白的中年男人组成的内给形成对比。
• 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 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has claimed victory in the country's general election after exit polls indicated his ruling centre-right Civic Platform party was comfortably ahead of its rivals.
  投票显示，波兰执政的中间偏右派公民纲领党轻松取胜竞争对手，属于该党的总理唐纳德？图斯克宣布赢得该国大选。
• 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。
• 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。”
• Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the crash was the most tragic event of the country's post World War II history.
  唐纳德·塔斯克总理说，此次坠机事故是二战后波兰遭遇的最大悲剧。
• 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。