英语词汇“maw”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

If you're staring into the maw of a wild animal you should probably think about running away as fast as you can. A maw, you see, is an informal term for a mouth.

There's something ravenous as well as ferocious about the term maw, and in fact it comes from the Old English word maga meaning "stomach." Occasionally you may find it applied to human rather than animal usage, especially when implying comical greed, as in "he was stuffing cupcakes down his maw as fast as he could." Other colloquial terms for mouth, such as piehole, gob and trap tend to suggest a tone more amused than fearful.

WORD FAMILY

maw: maws

USAGE EXAMPLES

Indeed, the normal response to an academic job application is a gaping maw of silence.

Slate(Dec 22, 2016)

Now campaigners such as Maw Maw Oo want to hold the party to its pledges to provide redress.

Reuters(Dec 22, 2016)

Yet it blighted his already oily music with the thoughts of his oily maw bearing down on entirely innocent hot babes.

The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016)

n informal terms for the mouth

Syn|Hyper

cakehole, gob, hole, trap, yap

mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris

the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge

单词	maw
释义	maw (once / 3611 pages) n If you're staring into the maw of a wild animal you should probably think about running away as fast as you can. A maw, you see, is an informal term for a mouth. There's something ravenous as well as ferocious about the term maw, and in fact it comes from the Old English word maga meaning "stomach." Occasionally you may find it applied to human rather than animal usage, especially when implying comical greed, as in "he was stuffing cupcakes down his maw as fast as he could." Other colloquial terms for mouth, such as piehole, gob and trap tend to suggest a tone more amused than fearful. WORD FAMILY maw: maws USAGE EXAMPLES Indeed, the normal response to an academic job application is a gaping maw of silence. Slate(Dec 22, 2016) Now campaigners such as Maw Maw Oo want to hold the party to its pledges to provide redress. Reuters(Dec 22, 2016) Yet it blighted his already oily music with the thoughts of his oily maw bearing down on entirely innocent hot babes. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) n informal terms for the mouth Syn\|Hyper cakehole, gob, hole, trap, yap mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
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