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

• 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。
• Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male.
  产于亚洲的象，小耳朵，主要是雄性有长牙。
• 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。
• The curved tusks of a walrus; his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard.
  海象弯曲的长牙；他咧着嘴似乎在微笑，眼里却露着凶光。
• Some hunters kill elephants to sell their tusks.
  一些猎人为了卖掉象牙而捕捉大象。
• 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。
• Without hesitation, the elephant king offered what was left of his tusks.
  象王没有丝毫犹豫就献出了自己余下的象牙。
• Which have been engraved on walls, bones, and the ivory tusks of mammoths.
  它们可能雕刻在墙壁上、骨头上、古代长毛象的象牙上。
• 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。
• That means thousands of elephants will be hunted and killed just for their tusks.
  这意味着成千上万的大象会被猎杀，只是为了它们的大牙。