tongue

Các nghĩa

1. lưỡi

   The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech.

   countable · uncountable

   But lering and lurking here and there like ſpies,

2. lưỡi (động vật, dùng làm thức ăn)

   Such an organ, as taken from animals and used for food (especially from cows).

   countable · uncountable

   cold tongue with mustard

3. cơ quan giống lưỡi

   Any similar organ, such as the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk; the proboscis of a moth or butterfly; or the lingua of an insect.

   countable · uncountable

4. ngôn ngữ

   A language.

   countable · metonymically · uncountable

   He was speaking in his native tongue.

   […] that great Towre, which is so much renownd For tongues confusion in holie writ,

   To dwell on a heath without studying its meanings was like wedding a foreigner without learning his tongue.

5. cách nói

   A manner of speaking, often habitually.

   countable · uncountable

   She can have a sharp tongue when she's annoyed.

   Al maters wel pondred and wel to be regarded, How ſhuld a fals lying tung then be rewarded?

   [...] his wicked way of Living, his prophane Tongue, and his Contempt of Religion, had made him not very well receiv’d [...]

6. người nói theo cách cụ thể

   A person speaking in a specified manner.

   countable · plural-normally · uncountable

   I know that we must keep apart for a long while; cruel tongues would force us apart, if nothing else did.

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• tongues plural