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。
• 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。
• Figurine of walrus tusk ( excl. original sculptures and statuary)
  海象长牙制小雕像（不包括雕塑和雕像原件）
• 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。
• 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。
• European Council President Donald Tusk said Sunday the European Union and the G7 leaders remain firm in their support of Ukraine in its fight against pro-Russian separatists.
  欧洲委员会主席图斯克说，欧盟和工业化七国领导人仍然坚决支持乌克兰打击东部的亲俄罗斯分离主义分子。
• The premier of Poland Tusk said in6th, in view of the debt crisis which Greece encountered, now, it is not a best time for Poland to think about to access the Eurozone.
  波兰总理图斯克6日表示，鉴于希腊遇到的债务危机，目前不是波兰考虑加入欧元区的最优选择。
• 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。
• To gore or dig with the tusks or a tusk.
  用长牙挖掘或刺。
• 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。