| 单词 | mouthful |
| 释义 | mouthful (once / 1450 pages) n A mouthful is an amount of some substance that can fit in a person'a mouth. If you eat a mouthful of chocolate cream pie, you consume a bite of it. A mischievous kid might spit a mouthful of water at her sister, while a thirsty athlete might gulp a mouthful of water after her workout. In both cases, the mouthful is as much water as can fit in their mouths. If you're not very hungry for dinner, you might just have a few mouthfuls of mashed potatoes — just a few bites, in other words. Another kind of mouthful is a long, complicated word, phrase, or sentence. WORD FAMILYmouthful: mouthfuls+/mouth: mouthed, mouthful, mouthing, mouthless, mouthlike, mouths USAGE EXAMPLESLeaving him with a mouthful of condemned teeth that would likely deteriorate merely stacked the odds against him. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Yet here he is, three mouthfuls into a meal, looking sheepish and squirming as if he has just been caught in bed with another woman. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) Another knot formed in my throat, and I could not get a mouthful of rice down. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) 1n the quantity that can be held in the mouth Hyper containerful the quantity that a container will hold 2n a small amount eaten or drunk Syn|Hypo|Hyper taste bit, bite, morsel a small amount of solid food; a mouthful sup, swallowa small amount of liquid food chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid, wada wad of something chewable as tobacco crumbsmall piece of e.g. bread or cake sop, sopspiece of solid food for dipping in a liquid small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
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