tusk

• 象、海象、野猪等动物口中长而尖、常突出于外的牙齿，用于防御、挖掘或作为象牙的来源。

A long, pointed, and often protruding tooth, typically found in elephants, walruses, and hogs, used for defense, digging, or as a source of ivory.

1. Long pointed toothB1formal

   A long, pointed, often protruding tooth, especially in animals like elephants, walruses, or hogs, used for digging, fighting, or defense.

   獠牙

   • The elephant used its tusks to dig for water.
   • Walruses have long tusks that can grow over three feet.
   • The boar's tusks were sharp and dangerous.

2. Ivory materialB2formal

   The hard, smooth, ivory-colored dentine that forms the main part of the tusks of elephants and walruses.

   象牙

   • The carving was made from elephant tusk ivory.
   • Tusk ivory has been used for centuries in art and jewelry.
   • The trade of elephant tusks is heavily regulated.

   同义词ivory

• 动词，指用长牙（獠牙）挖掘、翻转或撞击，通常用于象、海象等动物。

A verb meaning to dig, turn up, or strike with a tusk, typically used in reference to animals such as elephants or walruses.

1. Stab or pierce with a tuskC2formal

   To strike, stab, or pierce with a tusk or horn.

   用獠牙刺穿

   • The elephant tusked the predator in self-defense.
   • The wild boar tusked the hunter's leg.
   • During the fight, the male walrus tusked its rival.

   同义词gorehorn

2. Remove tusksC2formal

   To extract or remove the tusks from an animal.

   去除獠牙

   • Poachers illegally tusk elephants for ivory.
   • The veterinarian tusked the injured walrus to save its life.
   • They tusked the boar after it was killed.

   同义词detusk