tusk

/tʌsk/ (bre, ipa) · [tˈʌsk] /tʌsk/ (ame, ipa) · [tˈʌsk] /ˈtəsk How to pronounce tusk (audio)/ (ame, mw)

tusk — 名詞

  • tusksingular
  • tusksplural

1. a very long tooth that grows forward beyond the lips of animals like elephants,

1.名詞B2
釋義

長牙

象、海象等動物突出的長牙

a very long tooth that grows forward beyond the lips of animals like elephants, walruses, and wild boars, often used in fighting or digging

例句

Ignacio photographed an elephant's tusk at the museum after the tour ended.

Ignacio 在導覽結束後，在博物館拍下了一支大象的長牙。

possessive pattern: an elephant's tusk

The walrus lifted itself onto the ice with one heavy tusk.

那隻海象靠著一支沉重的長牙，把自己撐上冰面。

with + tusk for movement

同義詞
  • tooth

    general word; a tusk is a specially enlarged tooth that grows outside the mouth

  • fang

    a long pointed tooth of animals such as snakes or dogs, not the usual word for elephants or walruses

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

❌The elephant has two big horns near its mouth.
✅The elephant has two big tusks near its mouth.
💡tusks are teeth, not horns.
❌We saw many tusk on the beach.
✅We saw many tusks on the beach.
💡use the plural form 'tusks' for more than one.

tusk — 動詞