Tongue

(noun.) the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot.

(noun.) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.

(noun.) a manner of speaking; 'he spoke with a thick tongue'; 'she has a glib tongue'.

(noun.) the tongue of certain animals used as meat.

(noun.) any long thin projection that is transient; 'tongues of flame licked at the walls'; 'rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark'.

(verb.) lick or explore with the tongue.

(verb.) articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments.

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• The girl with thick lips put out her tongue again at us. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, bless the bed that I lie on; four angels guard-- Hold your tongue. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I know that I am to hold my tongue, sir! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• At all events, I held my tongue, and helped to screen what he was about. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• It seemed to Fred that if Mr. Farebrother had had a beak and talons instead of his very capable tongue, his mode of attack could hardly be more cruel. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Here I felt that my professional existence depended on not holding my tongue. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• As I couldn't, I held my tongue, and bore the scolding till the old gentleman collared me. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• What the servants chiefly resented, I think, was her silent tongue and her solitary ways. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• My lady's tongue is like the meadow blades, That cut you stroking them with idle hand. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• With this tongue she takes the hide from any one. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Proofs like these are not to be set aside by the idle tongues of cavilers. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Discipline prevailed: in five minutes the confused throng was resolved into order, and comparative silence quelled the Babel clamour of tongues. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The Magyar is a language belonging to the Finno-Ugrian division of the Ural-Altaic tongues. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Yes, but scandal with it--a hideous mustering of tongues. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Their tongues are never still. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Have the cloven tongues come down again? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• If John doesn't know anything about this nonsense, don't tell him, and make Jo and Laurie hold their tongues. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• You know I understand all the inferior animal tongues. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• And thus ambassadors would be qualified to treat with foreign princes, or ministers of state, to whose tongues they were utter strangers. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• His father was a merchant, engaged in business in Pisa, a man well versed in the Latin and Greek tongues, and well known for his knowledge of mathematics. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.

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