tongue

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT Your tongue is the soft movable part inside your mouth which you use for tasting, eating, and speaking. 舌头
I walked over to the mirror and stuck my tongue out. 我走到镜子前伸出舌头。
2. N-COUNT You can use tongue to refer to the kind of things that a person says. 话语
She had a nasty tongue. 她满口脏话。
3. N-COUNT A tongue is a language. 语言[文学性]
The French feel passionately about their native tongue. 法国人非常热爱他们的母语。
4. PHRASE A tongue-in-cheek remark or attitude is not serious, although it may seem to be. 无诚意的
...a lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek approach. …一种漫不经心、无诚意的态度。
5. to bite your tongue→see bite

The tip of the tongue is sensitive to salt and sweet stimuli and the back of the tongue is sensitive to bitter stimuli .
The horse rasped my hand with his tongue as I fed him the apple .
The poet compares his lover's tongue to a razor blade .
The doctor asked me to stick out my tongue and say 'aah '.
The tour guide kept sticking out her tongue and licking her lips - it was very distracting !