tong
An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them…An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
» Do you have any ice tongs?
Haben Sie eine Eiszange?
Hast du eine Eiszange?
Habt ihr eine Eiszange?
Значення
значень: 3(множина)An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
Greifzange
ками́нные щипцы́kamínnyje ščipcý
A Chinese lineage organization responsible for managing ancestral land.
A Chinese secret society or gang.
Tong
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речень: 16Do you have any ice tongs?
deHaben Sie eine Eiszange?
Turn the bananas with the tongs.
I burned my forefinger on fire tongs.
Please take the bread with the tongs.
We use tongs to pick up food.
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Походження
From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-WestFrom 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”).
From Cantonese 堂 (tong⁴).
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