Cái lưỡi (người)

Lưỡi (động vật, làm thức ăn)

Cách ăn nói, miệng lưỡi

Dải nhô ra, vạt nhô ra

the tongue of a shoe

lưỡi giày

a narrow tongue of land jutting out into the sea

một doi đất hẹp nhô ra biển

Tia lửa nhọn đầu

tongues of flame lapping the edges of the bonfire

các lưỡi lửa bập bùng quanh đống lửa đốt ngoài trời

Tiếng, ngôn ngữ

One's mother tongue

Tiếng mẹ đẻ

Ngắt âm (sáo, kèn...) bằng lưỡi

chốt (ngầm)

ngõng (trục)

ghép bằng mộng xoi

mộng rìa

groove and tongue

mộng rìa và rãnh rìa

tongue-and groove

mộng rìa và rãnh rìa

cái đục chạm

chốt

feather tongue

chốt lăng trụ (gỗ)

loose tongue

chốt lỏng

cọc ván

kim chỉ

ngọn (lửa)

ngọn lửa

lắp ghép mộng

lưỡi

adherent tongue

lưỡi dính

bald tongue

lưỡi chọc

black tongue

lưỡi đen

coated tongue

lưỡi bựa

deep vein of tongue

tĩnh mạch lưỡi sâu

dorsal vein of tongue

tĩnh mạch lưng lưỡi

dotted tongue

lưỡi lấm chấm

fissured tongue

lưỡi nứt nẻ

gap at the joint of the heel of tongue

khe hở mối nối gót lưỡi ghi

lobulated tongue

lưỡi phân thùy

muscle of tongue

cơ lưỡi

seat belt tongue plate

đĩa lưỡi dây an toàn

slip tongue joint

mối ghép mộng lưỡi-rãnh

stippled tongue

lưỡi đốm trắng

tip of switch tongue

mũi lưỡi ghi (bộ ghi)

tongue depressor

cái đè lưỡi

tongue like basin

bồn dạng lưỡi

tongue rail

ray lưỡi ghi

tongue-and-groove joint

mối ghép mộng lưỡi-rãnh

transverse muscle of tongue

cơ ngang lưỡi

vertical muscle of tongue

cơ thẳng đứng của lưỡi

lười gà

lưỡi ghi

gap at the joint of the heel of tongue

khe hở mối nối gót lưỡi ghi

tip of switch tongue

mũi lưỡi ghi (bộ ghi)

tongue rail

ray lưỡi ghi

lưỡi rung

ghép mộng xoi

mộng xoi

groove and tongue

ghép mộng xoi

then

ván cừ

vấu

vòng kẹp

chế biến lưỡi

tongue trimming table

bàn chế biến lưỡi

Language, speech; dialect, patois,Creole, idiom, parlance,argot, talk, vernacular, fa‡on de parler: The people in thatarea speak a strange tongue.

(verbal) expression, utterance,voice, articulation: Michael is reluctant to give tongue to hisreal feelings.

Hold (one's) tongue. be or remain or keepsilent, keep mum, say nothing or nought, not breathe a word,keep (one's) counsel, not say a word, Slang shut up: Hold yourtongue till you are spoken to!

Slip of the tongue. slip,mistake, gaffe, blunder, faux pas, Freudian slip, Colloq Britboob: Saying 'bald' when I meant 'bold' was a slip of thetongue.

(with (one's)) tongue in (one's) cheek. facetiously,whimsically, ironically, jocularly, jokingly, not seriously, injest, jestingly, in fun, to be funny, Colloq kiddingly: As heis my older brother, I call him 'Dad' with tongue in cheek, ofcourse.

N.

The fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used intasting, licking, and swallowing, and (in man) for speech.

The tongue of an ox etc. as food.

The faculty of or atendency in speech (a sharp tongue).

A particular language(the German tongue).

A thing like a tongue in shape orposition, esp.: a a long low promontory. b a strip of leatheretc., attached at one end only, under the laces in a shoe. cthe clapper of a bell. d the pin of a buckle. e the projectingstrip on a wooden etc. board fitting into the groove of another.f a vibrating slip in the reed of some musical instruments. g ajet of flame.

V. (tongues, tongued, tonguing) 1 tr. producestaccato etc. effects with (a flute etc.) by means of tonguing.2 intr. use the tongue in this way.

Find (or lose) one'stongue be able (or unable) to express oneself after a shock etc.the gift of tongues the power of speaking in unknown languages,regarded as one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2). keepa civil tongue in one's head avoid rudeness. tongue-and-grooveapplied to boards in which a tongue along one edge fits into agroove along the edge of the next, each board having a tongue onone edge and a groove on the other. tongue-in-cheek adj.ironic; slyly humorous.

Adv. insincerely or ironically.tongue-lashing a severe scolding or reprimand. tongue-tie aspeech impediment due to a malformation of the tongue.tongue-tied 1 too shy or embarrassed to speak.

Having atongue-tie. tongue-twister a sequence of words difficult topronounce quickly and correctly. with one's tongue hanging outeagerly or expectantly. with one's tongue in one's cheekinsincerely or ironically.

Tongued adj. (also in comb.).tongueless adj. [OE tunge f. Gmc, rel. to L lingua]