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

• Before collapsing, the boar gave a fearful groan and killed the hunter with his pointed tusks.
  野猪倒下之前，发出可怕的呻吟，用獠牙把猎人咬死。
• Elephants are dying out because they are being hunted for the ivory from their tusks.
  大象正在逐渐消失，因为人们为了象牙而捕杀它们。
• The elephants are poached for their tusks.
  为获取象牙而偷猎大象。
• 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。
• So let me sharpen my tusks while I can.
  所以我得一有时间就磨我的牙齿。
• 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。
• My only real enemies are human hunters who value my ivory tusks.
  我唯一真正的敌人是人类捕猎者，他们认为我的象牙很值钱。
• 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。
• Ivory is the hard white material that forms an elephant's two long teeth, or tusks.
  象牙是一种很难找的白色材料，它们来自象的两个长牙。
• Some hunters kill elephants to sell their tusks.
  一些猎人为了卖掉象牙而捕捉大象。