英语词汇“tongue、tie”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

tongue-tie

释义

▪ I. tongue-tie, n.|ˈtʌŋtaɪ|
[f. tongue n. + tie n.]
That which ties the tongue, or restrains speech; also, the condition of being tongue-tied (lit. and fig.); spec. (Path.): see quot. 1890.
1641Brome Jovial Crew ii. Wks. 1873 III. 374 And asks a stronger tongue-tie then tearing of Books.1849–52Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. 1162/1 Tongue-tie..is a congenital malformation.1890Billings Nat. Med. Dict., Tongue-tie, abnormal shortness of the frænum linguæ, or adhesion of the tongue to the floor of the mouth.
▪ II. tongue-tie, v.|ˈtʌŋtaɪ|
[f. tongue n. + tie v., or more prob. a back-formation from next.]
trans. To tie or confine the tongue of; to restrain or debar from speaking; to render speechless.
1555J. Rogers in Foxe A. & M. (1563) 1032/2 Your wycked lawes can not so tongue tye vs, but we will speake the truth.1611Heywood Gold. Age i. i. Wks. 1874 III. 14 Let euerlasting silence Tong-tye the world.1833Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Pref., The ligaments, which tongue-tied him, were loosened.1851D. Jerrold St. Giles xxxii. 335 Her face was livid with agony, that seemed to tongue-tie her.
Hence ˈtongue-ˌtier, that which ties the tongue: see quots.; ˈtongue-ˌtying vbl. n. (lit. and fig.).
1754–64Smellie Midwif. I. 428 Tongue-tying is easily remedied by introducing the forefinger into the child's mouth, raising up the tongue, and snipping the bridle with a pair of Scissars.1869Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. 469 This tongue-tying was the severest part of our watch.1883Athenæum 24 Nov. 675/3 [It] shows a woman wearing a branks, or tongue-tier.1905Daily Chron. 29 Aug. 4/6 There are names..that demand shortening, tongue-tiers such as Giggleswick, which almost necessarily dwindles into Gilzick.

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