Word · Frequency #21007

tusk

/tʌsk/

noun

长牙；獠牙

a long pointed tooth that projects from the mouth, especially of an elephant, walrus, or wild boar

1.
One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth (either cuspids or incisors) that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
长牙
2.
An edible fish, Brosme brosme.
一种可食用的鱼,鳕鱼
3.
a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
构成大象和海象长牙主要部分的坚硬光滑的象牙色齿质
4.
A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
榫头上的小突起
5.
a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
长而尖的牙齿,用于打斗或挖掘,尤指大象、海象或猪的獠牙
6.
A tusk shell.
象牙贝
7.
A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
类似榫头的突出部件
8.
A sharp point.
尖锐的点
9.
The share of a plough.
犁头

象牙质；鳕鱼的一种；象牙贝；榫头上的小突起；阶梯状凸榫

In use

A walrus uses its tusks to pull itself out of the water.

海象用长牙把自己拖出水面。

The museum displayed a single tusk from an elephant that lived a century ago.

博物馆陈列着一头百年前生活过的大象的一颗长牙。

The boar's left tusk was shorter than the right one.

那头野猪的左边长牙比右边的短。

elephant tusks: 大象的长牙; Elephant tusks can grow throughout the animal's life.大象的长牙可以终生生长。
walrus tusks: 海象的长牙; Walrus tusks are longer in males than in females.雄性海象的长牙比雌性的长。
ivory tusks: 象牙质的长牙; The illegal trade in ivory tusks remains a serious problem.象牙质长牙的非法贸易仍是一个严重的问题。
boar's tusks: 野猪的獠牙; The boar's tusks are used for digging and fighting.野猪的獠牙用于挖掘和打斗。
curved tusks: 弯曲的长牙; The elephant's curved tusks can be nearly three meters long.大象弯曲的长牙能长到近三米长。

把 tusk 想成‘塔斯克’，联想大象或海象嘴外伸出的白色长牙像一座小塔尖，突出而坚硬。

语域：neutral 常见场景：动物纪录片、科普读物、野生动物新闻该义项指大象、海象或野猪等动物突出口外的长牙，属于中性常用词；多用于动物纪录片、科普读物和野生动物新闻，日常谈话中也比较常见，正式与非正式语境均自然。

这些词都与 tusk /tʌsk/ 押韵，拼写都以 -usk 结尾：busk、dusk、husk、musk、rusk。注意形似词 task（/tæsk/，英式 /tɑːsk/）并不押韵；tusks（/tʌsks/）多了一个词尾 /s/。

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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.