Fang



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 毒蛇的) 尖牙
• ［类］ fang : tooth / finger : digit ( 毒牙是一种牙 / 手指是一种指头)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, that which is taken, from Old English; akin to Old High German fang seizure, Old English fōn to seize — more at pact
• Date: 1555
• 1.
  • a. a long sharp tooth: as
    • (1) one by which an animal's prey is seized and held or torn
    • (2) one of the long hollow or grooved and often erectile teeth of a venomous snake
  • b. one of the chelicerae of a spider at the tip of which a poison gland opens
• 2. the root of a tooth or one of the processes or prongs into which a root divides
• 3. a projecting tooth or prong
• ? fanged adjective

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