0 the large, soft piece of flesh in the mouth that you can move, and is used for tasting, speaking, etc. -- 舌头
1 a part of an object that is tongue-shaped, especially the piece of material that is under the laces in a shoe -- 舌状物（尤指鞋舌）
2 a language -- 语言
immigrants struggling to learn a foreign tongue 艰难学习外语的移民
an ancient tongue 古老的语言
3 a person's way of expressing their ideas and feelings -- 说话方式
The tip of the tongue is sensitive to salt and sweet stimuli and the back of the tongue is sensitive to bitter stimuli.
The horse rasped my hand with his tongue as I fed him the apple.
The tour guide kept sticking out her tongue and licking her lips - it was very distracting!
Could the vernaculars match the complexity and ' copiousness ' of the sacred and classical tongues ?
His eyes glow; his long, slender fingers are like tongues of flame; the colour of his skin is more a luminescence than a colour.
The tongues of dye are gradually carried along by the mass-transport current and consequently form one behind the other.
