1. oil one's tongue : 奉承, 谄媚；

2. hold one's tongue : 住嘴, 不开口, 缄默；

3. a silver tongue : 流利的口才；

4. wag one's tongue : 唠叨不休；

5. find one's tongue : (吓得说不出话以后)能开口了；

1. tongue

1. A honey tongue, a heart of gall.
    口蜜腹剑。

2. tongue的解释

2. One''s tongue runs before one''s wit.
    不加考虑，冲口而出。

1. The doctor told the boy to put out his tongue.
    医生告诉男孩把舌头伸出来。

2. She has a bitter tongue.
    她说话刻薄。

3. My mother tongue is Spanish.
    我的母语是西班牙语。

1. tongue

1. 鞋舌：6)鞋舌(Tongue)鞋舌内侧的毛料将使脚和楔子有更多直接接触,并且有带扣支持这着内衬,将有利于防止鞋舌下滑. 7)后跟楔(Heel wedge)后跟楔,这对于FSK是有莫大的好处. 一方面,可以吸收能量,起到缓冲的作用,另一方面,2mm三角-H形状的楔入,

2. 舌：舌头 舌(tongue) 口腔底部向口腔内突起的器官,由平滑肌组成. 起感受味觉和辅助进食作用,人类的舌还是语言的重要器官. 人类全身上下,最强韧有力的肌肉就是舌头. 无脊椎动物就已出现舌的结构舌头 舌(tongue) 口腔底部向口腔内突起的器官,

1. 舌;舌头
    Your tongue is the soft movable part inside your mouth which you use for tasting, eating, and speaking.

    e.g. I walked over to the mirror and stuck my tongue out...
           我走到镜子前面伸出舌头。
    e.g. She ran her tongue around her lips.
           她用舌头舔了舔嘴唇。

2. 说话能力;说话方式
    You can use tongue to refer to the kind of things that a person says.

    e.g. …her sharp wit and quick tongue…
           她敏捷的才思和伶俐的口齿
    e.g. She had a nasty tongue, but I liked her.
           她言辞尖刻，但我喜欢她。

3. 语言
    A tongue is a language.

    e.g. The French feel passionately about their native tongue.
           法国人对他们的母语非常热爱。

4. (烹制后通常作为冷盘的)牛舌，羊舌
    Tongue is the cooked tongue of an ox or sheep. It is usually eaten cold.

5. 鞋舌
    The tongue of a shoe or boot is the piece of leather which is underneath the laces.

6. 舌状物;火舌;伸入水中的狭长陆地
    A tongue of something such as fire or land is a long thin piece of it.

    e.g. A yellow tongue of flame shot upwards.
           一条黄色的火舌直冲上天。
    e.g. …a silver, frozen tongue of water.
           一条冻结了的银色水舌

7. 无诚意的;虚情假意的
    A tongue-in-cheek remark or attitude is not serious, although it may seem to be.

    e.g. ...a lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek approach...
           漫不经心、虚情假意的态度
    e.g. This is all slightly tongue-in-cheek, I''d like to make that clear…
           这一切都有些缺少诚意，我想清楚地指出这点。

8. 一言不发;保持缄默
    If you hold your tongue, you do not say anything even though you might want to or be expected to, because it is the wrong time to say it.

tongue什么意思

    e.g. Douglas held his tongue, preferring not to speak out on a politically sensitive issue.
           道格拉斯沉默不语，不愿谈论政治敏感问题。

9. 正确发出(难读单词或短语)的音
    If you say that you can not get your tongue round or around a particular word or phrase, you mean that you find it very difficult to pronounce.

tongue的意思

10. 口误
    If you describe something you said as a slip of the tongue, you mean that you said it by mistake.

    e.g. At one stage he referred to Anna as John''s fiancée, but later said that was a slip of the tongue.
           曾有那么一段时间他把安娜称作约翰的未婚妻，但后来又说那是口误。

11. to bite your tongue -> see bite

1. metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side

    Synonym: clapper

2. the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot

3. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

    Synonym: linguaglossaclapper

4. a human written or spoken language used by a community
    opposed to e.g. a computer language

    Synonym: natural language

5. a manner of speaking

    e.g. he spoke with a thick tongue
           she has a glib tongue

6. the tongue of certain animals used as meat

7. a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

    Synonym: spit

8. any long thin projection that is transient

    e.g. tongues of flame licked at the walls
           rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark

    Synonym: knife

1. lick or explore with the tongue

2. articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments