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 in some parts of Africa.
  非洲的一些地区则使用象牙、猴尾和盐。
• Throughout the Nomenclature, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as "ivory".
  本税则所称“兽牙”，是指象、河马、海象、一角鲸和野猪的长牙、犀角及其他动物的牙齿。
• So let me sharpen my tusks while I can.
  所以我得一有时间就磨我的牙齿。
• 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。
• They deeply respected the animals they hunted and wore the teeth and tusks of wild boar as trophies.
  他们极为尊敬猎物，并配戴野猪牙作为战利品。
• Some hunters kill elephants to sell their tusks.
  一些猎人为了卖掉象牙而捕捉大象。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。