| 释义 |
froth at the mouth1Emit a large amount of saliva from the mouth in a bodily seizure.By the time he arrived, several more hours later, I was beginning to froth at the mouth....- Oddly, I felt more dressed-down by his gracious reply than I'd have been had he frothed at the mouth.
- The camera continues its pan to the far wall of the tent, where a very unhealthy-looking girl is frothing at the mouth!
1.1 informal Be very angry: one can barely read a word without frothing at the mouth...- The court was told that a passing traffic warden found the dog frothing at the mouth and desperately trying to paw its way out of the air-tight car as temperatures soared over 80 degrees outside.
- From all accounts it was a very close call for the lad involved who was frothing at the mouth and disorientated for a time.
- His worst nightmare came true the day before when he spotted some of his sheep frothing at the mouth.
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