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词汇 tusk
释义 tusk
noun[ C ]
uk /tʌsk/ us /tʌsk/
either of the two long, pointed teeth of some animals such as elephants(大象等动物的)长牙
 
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tusk | American Dictionary


tusk
noun[ C ]
us/tʌsk/
either of the two, long, curved teeth that stick out from the mouth of some animals, esp. elephants and walruses

Examples of tusk


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These holes and caves are mainly made by the forest elephants trunks, tusks and front legs.
The length of the tusk is 49.5 cm, and it is dark brown and weathered.
A large replacement pit lies adjacent to the tusk.
A dentary tusk and tusk pit are present but there is no parasymphyseal tooth row.
Ivory tusks were ensured safe arrival at the coast after they had been ritually marked with spots, lines and figures.
The third grabs hold of a tusk and declares that an elephant is a cold smooth pillar.
Note the triangular depression behind the anterior palatal vacuity, and part of the right dentary tusk in (b).
Throughout the inquiry they showed strong reluctance to debate hiding the tusks in terms of game legislation.
An elephant is painted using a fatter body form, a long trunk, tusks and rounded ears.
Juliana is the one who suggested that the tusks must be hidden.
Innocent people are dealing in ivory which has come from dead elephants' tusks and there is nothing wrong with that.
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I owned one tusk which went round once, which probably entitled me to a baby sitter for a week or two but not much more.
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Many of the tusks were just eight inches long, indicating that baby elephants died in large numbers.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
The wild boar was sharpening his tusks against a tree.
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This itemises tusks and large cut pieces which are individually marked to assist identification.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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