tusk
UK/tʌsk/US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
A long, pointed tooth projecting from the mouth of animals such as elephants, walruses, or wild boars
长牙，獠牙
v.
To dig up or gore with tusks
用长牙掘地；用长牙刺戳
Root Breakdown
Native Englishtuskother
=tusk
Common Collocations
- 1.ivory tusk象牙
- 2.elephant tusk大象的獠牙
- 3.tusk trade象牙贸易
- 4.[tusk poaching]象牙偷猎
Example Sentences
- 1.
The elephant's long ivory tusks gleamed in the afternoon sunlight.
- 2.
Poachers illegally hunt elephants for their valuable tusks.
- 3.
The walrus uses its tusks to haul itself out of the water onto the ice.