tongue

1.[c]舌；舌头the soft part in the mouth that moves around, used for tasting, swallowing, speaking, etc.

2.[u][c]口条the tongue of some animals, cooked and eaten

3.[c]语言a language

4.[sing]说话方式a particular way of speaking

5.有…说话方式的；说话…的speaking in the way mentioned

7.[c]~ (of sth)舌状物something that is long and narrow and shaped like a tongue

get your tongue around/round sth

正确发出（难读单词）的音to pronounce a difficult word correctly

hold your tongue/peace

忍住不说；保持缄默to say nothing although you would like to give your opinion

roll/slip/trip off the tongue

容易说（或发音）；顺口to be easy to say or pronounce

set tongues wagging

惹得满城风雨；使议论纷纷；招闲话to cause people to start talking about sb's private affairs

with your tongue in your cheek|with tongue in cheek

说说而已；半开玩笑地if you say sthwith your tongue in your cheek , you are not being serious and mean it as a joke

1.舌头;嘴巴

2.舌片;口条

3.语言;方言

4.(讲话或写作的)口气

5.狭长地带;岸岬

6.【力】舌簧

7.【地】岩舌

8.鞋或靴子的舌头

9.舌状物

10.衔铁

11.榫舌

12.口才;语言能力

1.舔

2.榫接;嵌接

1.the movable fleshy organ attached to the bottom of the inside of the mouth of humans and most animals, used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and, in humans, speech.

2.the tongue of an animal cooked and eaten as food

3.a language or dialect

4.a particular way of speaking or writing

5.a long narrow piece of land that continues out into a sea, lake etc

6.[Mechanics]the small swinging hammer inside a bell that hits against the inside of the bell to make the sound; the pivoting pin in a buckle

7.a long thin piece of material that lies under the part of a shoe or boot where you fasten it

8.something that looks like or moves like a tongue

9.the pole at the front of a coach or carriage to which the horses' harnesses are fastened

10.a strip that sticks out along the edge of a wooden board and is designed to fit into a corresponding groove along the edge of another board

1.to touch or lick something with the tongue

2.to cut a tongue along the edge of a wooden board in order to make one half of a tongue-and-groove joint

3.to produce a musical note on a wind instrument by using your tongue to prevent air from flowing through it for a short time