n. pl. [ OE. tonge, tange, AS. tange; akin to D. tang, G. zanga, OHG. zanga, Don. tang, Sw. tång, Icel. töng, Gr. da`knein to bite, Skr. dañiç, daç. √59. Cf. Tang a strong taste, anything projecting. ] An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs. [ 1913 Webster ]
[钳 / 鉗, qián, ㄑㄧㄢˊ]pincers; pliers; tongs; claw (of animal); to grasp with pincers; to pinch; to clamp; to restrain; to restrict; to gag#15599[Add to Longdo]
[闯王陵 / 闖王陵, Chuǎng Wáng líng, ㄔㄨㄤˇ ㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ]mausoleum to late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (who styled himself Chuang Wang): one in Jiugongshan 九宫山 nature reserve, Tongshan county, Xianning prefecture, Hubei, and another in Shimen 石门, Changde 常德, Hunan, built starting in 1980[Add to Longdo]
[ねずみカンガルー;ネズミカンガルー, nezumi kangaru-; nezumikangaru-](n) (uk) rat kangaroo (any marsupial of family Potoroidae, inc. bettongs and potoroos)[Add to Longdo]