tusks

英 [tʌsks]

美 [tʌsks]

n. (象和某些其他动物的)长牙
tusk的复数

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.

Some hunters kill elephants to sell their tusks.
一些猎人为了卖掉象牙而捕捉大象。
Elephant tusks, monkey tails, and salt were used as money in parts of Africa.
象牙、猴尾巴、盐等在非洲部分地区也充当过货币。
Joe Johnston began to develop designs that were resembled upright wild boars complete with snouts and tusks.
经乔•约翰斯敦进一步设计，他们形似直立的野猪，长着猪鼻和獠牙。
So let me sharpen my tusks while I can.
所以我得一有时间就磨我的牙齿。
My only real enemies are human hunters who value my ivory tusks.
我唯一真正的敌人是人类捕猎者，他们认为我的象牙很值钱。
The second grasped one of the elephant's tusks and felt it.
第二个人紧紧抓住并把玩着大象的长牙。
Ivory is the hard white material that forms an elephant's two long teeth, or tusks.
象牙是一种很难找的白色材料，它们来自象的两个长牙。
The elephants are poached for their tusks.
为获取象牙而偷猎大象。
They deeply respected the animals they hunted and wore the teeth and tusks of wild boar as trophies.
他们极为尊敬猎物，并配戴野猪牙作为战利品。
That means thousands of elephants will be hunted and killed just for their tusks.
这意味着成千上万的大象会被猎杀，只是为了它们的大牙。