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.

双语例句

• The elephants are poached for their tusks.
  为获取象牙而偷猎大象。
• Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used in some parts of Africa.
  非洲的一些地区则使用象牙、猴尾和盐。
• Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber.
  两种大型北方哺乳动物之一，有尖牙，厚厚的鲸脂外面有粗糙的硬皮。
• The curved tusks of a walrus.
  海象的弧形长牙。
• Elephants are dying out because they are being hunted for the ivory from their tusks.
  大象正在逐渐消失，因为人们为了象牙而捕杀它们。
• A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses.
  一种坚硬而光滑的乳白色牙质，构成大象和海象的大部分长牙。
• African elephant having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks.
  耳朵大而飘、有象牙的非洲大象。
• African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks.
  在脸部和突出的长牙上有疣样隆起的非洲野猪。
• Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male.
  产于亚洲的象，小耳朵，主要是雄性有长牙。
• Tusks are fundamentally no different than ordinary teeth.
  象的长牙和普通的牙齿基本上没有什么区别。