tongue
US: /ˈtəŋ/
UK: /tˈʌŋ/
UK: /tˈʌŋ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
tongue /tʌɳ/
- danh từ
- cái lưỡi
- cách ăn nói, miệng lưỡi
- tiếng, ngôn ngữ
- one's mother tongue: tiếng mẹ đẻ
- vật hình lưỡi; kim (của cái cân); ngọn (lửa); doi (đất); ghi (xe lửa); lưỡi gà (kèn)
- to be all tongue
- chỉ nói thôi, nói luôn mồm
- to find one's tongue
- dè dặt (ngượng ngùng, lúng túng, im lặng...) mãi mới nói
- to give (throw) tongue
- nói to
- sủa
- to have lost one's tongue
- rụt rè ít nói
- to have one's tongue in one's cheek
- (xem) cheek
- to have a quick (ready) tongue
- lém miệng; mau miệng
- to hold one's tongue
- nín lặng, không nói gì
- to keep a civil tongue in one's head
- (xem) civil
- much tongue and little judgment
- nói nhiều nghĩ ít
- to wag one's tongue
- (xem) wag
- a tongue debate
- một cuộc đấu khẩu, một cuộc tranh luận
- tongue valiant
- bạo nói
- what a tongue!
- ăn nói lạ chứ!
- động từ
- ngắt âm (sáo, kèn...) bằng lưỡi
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C] the soft part in the mouth that moves around, used for tasting, swallowing, speaking, etc: He clicked his tongue to attract their attention. + She ran her tongue over her lips. + It's very rude to stick your tongue out at people.
2 [U, C] the tongue of some animals, cooked and eaten: a slice of ox tongue
3 [C] (formal or literary) a language: None of the tribes speak the same tongue. + I tried speaking to her in her native tongue.
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4 [sing.] a particular way of speaking: He has a sharp tongue. + (formal) I'll thank you to keep a civil tongue in your head (= speak politely).
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5 (-tongued) (in adjectives) speaking in the way mentioned: sharp-tongued
6 [C] a long narrow piece of leather under the LACES on a shoe
7 [C] ~ (of sth) (literary) something that is long and narrow and shaped like a tongue: a tongue of flame / land
Idioms: get your tongue around / round sth to pronounce a difficult word correctly: He was having trouble getting his tongue around my name.
hold your tongue / peace (old-fashioned) to remain silent although you would like to give your opinion
roll / slip / trip off the tongue to be easy to say or pronounce: It's not a name that exactly trips off the tongue, is it?
set tongues wagging (informal) to cause people to start talking about sb's private affairs: His sudden resignation set tongues wagging.
with your tongue in your cheek
with tongue in cheek if you say sth with your tongue in your cheek, you are not being serious and mean it as a joke
more at BITE v., CAT, FIND v., LOOSE adj., LOOSEN v., SLIP n., TIP n., WATCH v.
+ verb [VN]
1 to stop the flow of air into a wind instrument with your tongue in order to make a note
2 to LICK sth with your tongue
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 language, speech; dialect, patois, Creole, idiom, parlance, argot, talk, vernacular, façon de parler:
The people in that area speak a strange tongue.
2 (verbal) expression, utterance, voice, articulation:
Michael is reluctant to give tongue to his real feelings.
3 hold (one's) tongue. be or remain or keep silent, keep mum, say nothing or nought, not breathe a word, keep (one's) counsel, not say a word, Slang shut up:
Hold your tongue till you are spoken to!
4 slip of the tongue. slip, mistake, gaffe, blunder, faux pas, Freudian slip, Colloq Brit boob:
Saying 'bald' when I meant 'bold' was a slip of the tongue.
5 (with (one's)) tongue in (one's) cheek. facetiously, whimsically, ironically, jocularly, jokingly, not seriously, in jest, jestingly, in fun, to be funny, Colloq kiddingly:
As he is my older brother, I call him 'Dad' with tongue in cheek, of course.
Collocation dictionary
1 soft part inside the mouth
ADJ.
forked | loose, sharp
(both figurative) Everyone knows now, thanks to Ken's loose tongue (= he could not keep the secret). She could tear a character to pieces in three minutes with her sharp tongue.
VERB + TONGUE
poke/put/stick out
It's very rude to stick your tongue out at people.
| run
He ran his tongue nervously over his lips.
| click/cluck | bite, hold
(both figurative) She was dying to say something sarcastic to him, but bit her tongue and stayed silent.
| free, loosen
(both figurative) The wine had loosened his tongue.
| roll/slip/trip off
It's not a name that exactly trips off the tongue (= is easy to say).
TONGUE + VERB
hang out
The dog lay in a patch of shade with its tongue hanging out.
| flick, flicker
The snake's tongue flicked out of its mouth.
| lick sth
His tongue licked dry lips.
| wag
(figurative) This is a small island and tongues are beginning to wag (= people are beginning to gossip).
| find
(figurative) Before she could find her tongue (= speak)the door had closed behind him.
| watch
(figurative) You just watch your tongue (= be careful what you say)!
PHRASES
be on the tip of your tongue
(figurative) It was on the tip of her tongue to refuse.
| get your tongue around/round sth
(figurative) He was having trouble getting his tongue around my name.
| a tongue of fire/flame
(figurative) Tongues of flame licked up the walls.
2 a language
ADJ.
mother, native
She speaks English and Danish, though her native tongue is German.
| foreign | strange
PREP.
in a/the ~
She could hear men whispering in a foreign tongue.
PHRASES
speak in tongues
(= to speak in unknown languages, especially at a religious ceremony)
Concise English dictionary
tonguestʌŋ
noun
+a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
+a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
+any long thin projection that is transient
+a manner of speaking
+a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
+the tongue of certain animals used as meat
+the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot
+metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
verb
+articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
+lick or explore with the tongue
