Word · Frequency #15940
fang
尖牙；犬齿
A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
- 1.
A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
用于咬和撕扯肉的长而尖的犬齿。
- 2.
Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly
任何用于或能够捕捉或抓取的东西、身体部位或突出物。
- 3.
A people of western Africa.
西非的一个民族。
- 4.
A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.
蛇类用于注射毒液的长而尖的牙齿。
- 5.
The valve of a pump-box.
泵盒的阀。
- 6.
A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.
蜘蛛螯肢上用于注射毒液的尖状延伸物。
- 7.
Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
使一个数为吸血鬼数的两个因子之一。
毒牙；螯肢（蜘蛛的毒爪）；爪；钩爪；捕捉器；泵阀；吸血鬼数因子
In use
The wolf bared its fangs and growled at the intruder.
A viper's fang can inject venom deep into the prey's tissue.
The cat sank its fangs into the toy mouse and shook it vigorously.
a fang (of an animal)
单数形式强调一颗尖牙，通常用于描述特定动物或场景。
The wolf bared a single fang.
那只狼露出了一颗尖牙。
fangs (plural, generic)
复数形式常用于泛指一类动物的尖牙或毒牙。
Venomous snakes have hollow fangs to inject poison.
毒蛇有空心的毒牙来注射毒液。
[animal]'s fangs
所有格结构强调尖牙的所属关系。
The dog's fangs were stained with blood.
Connections
Collocations
- sink one's fangs into
- 咬住；切入
- The dog sank its fangs into the intruder's arm.那只狗咬住了闯入者的手臂。
- bare one's fangs
- 露出尖牙（威胁）
- The wolf bared its fangs and growled.狼露出尖牙，低声咆哮。
- venomous fangs
- 毒牙
- The cobra's venomous fangs can inject a deadly toxin.眼镜蛇的毒牙能注射致命毒素。
- vampire's fangs
- 吸血鬼的尖牙
- In the movie, the vampire's fangs gleamed in the moonlight.电影中，吸血鬼的尖牙在月光下闪闪发光。
- fang marks
- 牙印；咬痕
- The doctor noticed two small fang marks on the victim's neck.医生注意到受害者脖子上的两个小牙印。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住画面：蛇张嘴时尖牙‘放’出毒液，fang以F开头，F的形状就像一颗突出的尖牙。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：动物科普、奇幻或恐怖作品、野生动物或蛇伤新闻 “fang”属于中性常用词，日常和科普语境都适用；多用于描述狼、蛇、蜘蛛等动物的尖牙或毒牙，也常见于奇幻、恐怖类作品。正式动物学文献中同样可以使用。
Grammar Note
Plural form: fangs.
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词的 -ang 均读作 /æŋ/，与 fang 押韵。注意 change /tʃeɪndʒ/、range /reɪndʒ/ 中的 ange 读 /eɪndʒ/，anger /ˈæŋɡər/ 多了 /ɡər/ 音节，都不与 fang 押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.