mother tongue母语;本国语言
tongue in cheek挖苦地;不是认真的
词根:tongue
adj.tongueless 哑的;缄默的,沉默的;没有舌头的
n.tongue 舌头;语言
vi.tongue 说话;吹管乐器
vt.tongue 舔;斥责;用舌吹
1.Those who are sharp-tongued and quarrelsome , please go to the teahouse or restaurant !
爱轻嘴薄舌,争是论非的,请到茶馆酒楼去;
2.With sharp mind and witty words, the silver-tongued diplomat skillfully coped with the tough questions from the press.
凭借他敏锐的头脑和机智的话语,这位能言的外交家娴熟地应付来自媒体的尖锐问题。
3.I most despise the poor students who duplicity... thick-skinned sharp-tongued children.
我最看不起那些口是心非的穷大学生…皮厚嘴尖的孩子。
4.Best-selling novelist, champion race-car driver, wasp-tongued enfant terrible of China's literary world - Han Han has been all these things.
最畅销的小说家,冠军赛车手,对中国的文学世界黄蜂舌坏孩子-韩寒,所有这些东西。