Tusk



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 象) 长牙
• ［英］ n. ( 象) 长牙 ( an elongated greatly enlarged tooth)

Webster Collegiate

kI. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, alteration of tux, from Old English tūx; akin to Old English tūsc tush
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. an elongated greatly enlarged tooth (as of an elephant or walrus) that projects when the mouth is closed and serves especially for digging food or as a weapon; broadly a long protruding tooth
• 2. one of the small projections on a tusk tenon
• ? tusked adjective
• ? tusklike adjective

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1629
• to dig up with a tusk; also to gash with a tusk

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