tusk
/tʌsk/ (bre, ipa) · [tˈʌsk] /tʌsk/ (ame, ipa) · [tˈʌsk] /ˈtəsk How to pronounce tusk (audio)/ (ame, mw)
tusk — noun
- tusksingular
- tusksplural
1. a very long tooth that grows forward beyond the lips of animals like elephants,
a very long tooth that grows forward beyond the lips of animals like elephants, walruses, and wild boars, often used in fighting or digging
Ignacio photographed an elephant's tusk at the museum after the tour ended.
possessive pattern: an elephant's tusk
The walrus lifted itself onto the ice with one heavy tusk.
with + tusk for movement
Rangers found deep marks where a wild boar had scraped the soil with its tusks.
Hui sketched the carved tusk before the guide locked the display case again.
One broken tusk lay beside the trap after the elephant escaped.
文法句型
an elephant's tusk
grow / have tusks
用法筆記
A tusk is much larger than an ordinary tooth and is especially linked with elephants, walruses, and wild boars. In everyday use it can mean the tooth while it is still on the animal or the removed object, especially in museums or historical descriptions.
常見錯誤
tusk — verb
- tuskpresent simple I / you / we / they
- tusks3rd person singular
- tusking-ing form
- tuskedpast simple
1. to lift, scrape, or dig something out of the ground by using a tusk
to lift, scrape, or dig something out of the ground by using a tusk
The boar tusked the wet ground until several roots came loose.
pattern: tusk the ground
Christopher watched the elephant tusk a fallen branch away from the path.
At dawn, villagers heard the pigs tusk the garden soil for buried bulbs.
Adisa saw the old boar tusk a stone out of the field edge.
文法句型
[animal] tusked the ground for roots
tusk something out of the soil
用法筆記
This verb is rare and appears mostly in nature writing or older descriptions. It usually takes an animal subject such as a boar or elephant and an object like ground, roots, or another thing being pushed out of the way.