mouth
基本释义
- n.嘴,口腔;需要供养的人,食客;入口,开口;入海口,河口;讲话方式,言谈;<非正式>饶舌,出言不逊;(受嚼子控制的)马口;(葡萄酒的不同于气味的)口感
- v.不出声地说,用口型默示;言不由衷地说,(自己并不明白却)信口开河;(清晰明确地)说,发……的音;吃,用嘴触碰;训练(马)使之习惯于服从嚼子
- comb.有……嘴的,……口的(-mouthed);言谈……的,口齿……的(-mouthed)
词语例句
嘴,口腔cn.
六级四级I clapped a hand over her mouth.
我猛地用一只手捂住了她的嘴。
This called the tailor bird uses its mouth as a needle.
这只被称为裁缝鸟的鸟把它的嘴当针用。
523 students cleaned their teeth within ten minutes of eating when possible they used a toothbrush, when this was impossible they washed their mouth thoroughly with water.
523名学生在吃饭后十分钟内刷牙。如果情况允许的话,他们会使用牙刷;否则,他们会用水彻底清洗口腔。
需要供养的人,食客cn.
六级He had to feed his family on the equivalent of seven hundred dollars a month and, with five mouths to feed, he found this very hard.
他每月不得不用相当于700美元的钱来养家,5张嘴等着吃饭,他觉得很困难。
This means that there could be an extra three billion mouths to feed by the end of the century, a period in which substantial changes are anticipated in the wealth, calorie intake and dietary preferences of people in developing countries across the world.
这意味着截止本世纪末,可能会多出30亿人需要养活,这时全世界发展中国家人民的财富、卡路里摄入量和饮食偏好预计将发生重大变化。
入口,开口cn.
By the mouth of the tunnel he bent to retie his shoelace.
到隧道的入口处,他弯腰重新系了系鞋带。
入海口,河口cn.
The town is at the mouth of the River Fox.
那座城镇位于福克斯河河口。
- My mouth felt completely dry.我感到口干舌燥。来自《牛津词典》
- The news spread by word of mouth.这消息是口头传开的。来自《牛津词典》
- She popped a mint into her mouth.她往嘴里丢了块儿薄荷糖。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- mouth on someone[美国俚语]告发某人
- river mouth河口
- from mouth to mouth广泛流传
- big mouth多嘴者
- from hand to mouthadv. 仅能糊口地
- mouth to mouthadj. 口对口的
- foot-and-mouth disease口蹄疫;口蹄病
- Word of Mouth口碑;口口相传;口碑营销;口头语
- POCKET MOUTH袋口
- Mouth of Sauron索伦之口;索之口
- Big mouth大口;大嘴巴;多嘴者
词语扩展
词义分布
英英释义
- n.the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
- n.the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening
- n.an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)
- n.the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
- n.a person conceived as a consumer of food
- n.a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
- n.the part of your face that you use for eating or speaking
嘴;口- When you cough, please cover your mouth.咳嗽时请捂住嘴。
- n.the entrance or opening of a cave or a bottle
(洞、瓶的)口- He stopped at the mouth of the tunnel.他在隧道口停了下来。
- n.the place where a river goes into the sea
河口;入海口- ...the town at the mouth of the River Fox.…位于福克斯河河口的那座城镇。
词源
- mouth嘴,口来自古英语muth,嘴,开口,门,洞,来自Proto-Germanic*munthaz,来自PIE*ment,嘴,颌, 词源同mandible,masticate.鼻音n 脱落,比较dental,tooth.
- mouthFrom Middle English mouth, from Old English mūþ (“mouth, opening, door, gate”), from Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *ment- (“to chew; jaw, mouth”). Cognate with Scots mouth (“mouth”), North Frisian müd, müth, müss (“mouth”), West Frisian mûn (“mouth”), Dutch mond (“mouth”), muide (“river mouth”) and mui (“riptide”), German Mund (“mouth”), Swedish mun (“mouth”), Faroese muður, munnur (“mouth”), Icelandic munnur (“mouth”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs, “mouth”), Latin mentum (“chin”) and mandō (“to chew”), Ancient Greek μάσταξ (mástaks, “jaws, mouth”) and μασάομαι (masáomai, “to chew”), Albanian mjekër (“chin, beard”), Welsh mant (“jawbone”), Hittite [script needed] (mēni, “chin”).