Word · Frequency #21754
tong
钳子
tongs
- 1.
An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
用于在不接触手的情况下夹取火中物品的工具。
- 2.
A Chinese lineage organization responsible for managing ancestral land.
管理祖产的中国宗族组织。
- 3.
A Chinese secret society or gang.
中国的秘密社团或帮派。
用于在不接触手的情况下夹取火中物品的工具。；管理祖产的中国宗族组织。；中国的秘密社团或帮派。；帮会
In use
She tonged a lump of sugar into her tea.
He is tonging the salad onto the plates.
The assistant tongs the hot beaker with care.
tong sth
动词表示用钳子或夹子夹取某物；较少见，更常用 use tongs。
She tonged the sugar cubes into her coffee.
她用钳子把方糖夹进咖啡里。
a pair of tongs
tongs 常以复数形式出现，指厨房或火炉用的夹子；整体用 a pair of 来修饰。
Use a pair of tongs to turn the steak.
用一把夹子翻动牛排。
a tong
作可数名词时指华人帮会组织，多用于历史语境，常与 Chinese 连用。
He joined a tong in San Francisco's Chinatown.
他在旧金山唐人街加入了一个帮会。
Connections
Collocations
- a pair of tongs
- 一把夹钳
- She picked up the hot corn with a pair of tongs.她用一把夹钳夹起热玉米。
- kitchen tongs
- 厨房夹钳
- Use kitchen tongs to toss the vegetables.用厨房夹钳翻动蔬菜。
- salad tongs
- 沙拉夹钳
- Could you pass me the salad tongs, please?请把沙拉夹钳递给我好吗？
- coal tongs
- 火钳；煤夹钳
- He added more coal to the stove with the coal tongs.他用火钳往炉子里添煤。
Idioms & figurative uses
- hammer and tongs
- 猛烈地；全力以赴地They went at it hammer and tongs.他们猛烈地打了起来。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：tong 跟“通”同音，想象用一把钳子夹起烧红的铁通条，钳子就是 tong。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：kitchen、barbecue、fireplace 此条指名词 tong（钳子/夹取工具）这一义项。实际使用中常以复数 tongs 出现，如 a pair of tongs；多用于厨房、烧烤或火炉等操作场景，语域较为中性。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 tong 押韵，均含 -ong 且发 /ɒŋ/。注意 tongue /tʌŋ/、tone /təʊn/ 拼写相近，但发音不同，不押韵。
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.