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

• So let me sharpen my tusks while I can.
  所以我得一有时间就磨我的牙齿。
• I have a large body with wrinkled skin and tusks made out of ivory.
  我有一个满是褶皱皮肤的庞大身躯和尖尖的象牙。
• Joe Johnston began to develop designs that were resembled upright wild boars complete with snouts and tusks.
  经乔•约翰斯敦进一步设计，他们形似直立的野猪，长着猪鼻和獠牙。
• 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。
• It was about the same size as the woolly mammoth but had straight tusks and less hair.
  它的个儿和毛象差不多，但是，它的象牙是直的，毛也要少些。
• 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。
• Elephant tusks, monkey tails, and salt were used as money in parts of Africa.
  象牙、猴尾巴、盐等在非洲部分地区也充当过货币。
• Historians have long been puzzled by dots, lines and symbols which have been engraved on walls, bones, and the ivory tusks of mammoths.
  长期以来，历史学家们对刻划在墙壁上，骨头上和古代长毛象象牙上的点，线和符号感到迷惑不解。
• They deeply respected the animals they hunted and wore the teeth and tusks of wild boar as trophies.
  他们极为尊敬猎物，并配戴野猪牙作为战利品。
• 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。