tong
/tɒŋ//tɔŋ/
- n.
- 钳子，帮会
- v.
- 用钳子钳起
中文释义来自 ECDICT
tong1词源 1
词源链
- 英语English
tong
词源说明
From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norse tǫng (modern Icelandic töng), Old High German zanga (modern German Zange). Other cognates include Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”) and Albanian dang (“bite, nip”).
释义
名词noun
- 1mostly pluralAn instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
动词verb
- 1intransitiveTo use tongs.
- 2transitiveTo grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.
同族词
派生词 8
tong2词源 2
词源链
- 英语English
tong
词源说明
From Cantonese 堂 (tong4).
释义
名词noun
- 1A Chinese
tong3词源 3
释义
名词noun
- 1Obsolete spelling of tongue.