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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。
钳子
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钳子
tongs
She tonged the sugar cubes into her coffee.
她用钳子把方糖夹进咖啡里。
用于在不接触手的情况下夹取火中物品的工具。
An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
管理祖产的中国宗族组织。
A Chinese lineage organization responsible for managing ancestral land.
中国的秘密社团或帮派。
A Chinese secret society or gang.
She tonged a lump of sugar into her tea.
她用钳子夹起一块方糖放进茶里。
He is tonging the salad onto the plates.
他正用钳子把沙拉夹到盘子里。
The assistant tongs the hot beaker with care.
助手小心地用钳子夹起热烧杯。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
I need a tong to pick up the hot dish.
Use this
I need a pair of tongs to pick up the hot dish.
tongs 是复数名词，指一件夹取工具要说 a pair of tongs，不能说 a tong。汉语里‘钳子’没有单复数区分，所以容易误加不定冠词，但英语必须用 pair of 来计量。
Not this
Yesterday he tong the sugar cubes from the box.
Use this
Yesterday he tonged the sugar cubes from the box.
tong 作动词‘用钳子夹’是规则动词，一般过去时要加 -ed 变成 tonged。中国学习者常因不熟悉该动词而漏掉过去式词尾，应按规则动词变化记忆。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
厨房夹钳
Use kitchen tongs to toss the vegetables.
用厨房夹钳翻动蔬菜。
沙拉夹钳
Could you pass me the salad tongs, please?
请把沙拉夹钳递给我好吗？
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。
猛烈地；全力以赴地
They went at it hammer and tongs.
他们猛烈地打了起来。
Use tong naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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。
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