"tusk" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 獠牙

Definition

獠牙是一些动物（如大象和海象）嘴外突出的长而尖的大牙齿。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常用于象、海象和野猪等动物，不用于人类牙齿。与象牙相关，经常用于描述动物特征或猎取象牙等语境。

Examples

The elephant has long tusks.

大象有长长的**獠牙**。

A walrus uses its tusks to pull itself onto the ice.

海象用**獠牙**把自己拉到冰上。

Ivory comes from elephant tusks.

象牙来自大象的**獠牙**。

Hunters often search for animals with large tusks.

猎人通常寻找拥有大**獠牙**的动物。

One of the elephant’s tusks was broken in a fight.

大象的一根**獠牙**在打斗中断了。

Did you know a wild boar also has tusks?

你知道野猪也有**獠牙**吗？