| 单词 | mouth |
| 释义 | mouth I. 1. a. b. c. < the dog seized the bone in his mouth > < my mouth is sore > 2. a. < kissed her on the mouth > b. < make a mouth > c. < a well-trained horse has a good mouth > d. < carnivora … keep down the number of useless mouths by killing off practically all the weak and aged — James Stevenson-Hamilton > e. (1) < pastry that makes one's mouth water > (2) < had my mouth all set for oysters > f. obsolete < we unawares run into danger's mouth — John Milton > 3. a. archaic < learned … his faith from the mouth of the Roman priest — Mark Pattison > b. obsolete < the midnight bell did with his … brazen mouth sound on — Shakespeare > c. < the musical mouth of a hound on the scent > 4. a. < with all the mouths of Rome to second you — Joseph Addison > < through the mouth of his chancellor … made an unusual demand — R.W.Southern > b. archaic < the names … were in many mouths — T.B.Macaulay > c. (1) < artificial speeches placed in the mouths of historical figures — R.A.Hall b. 1911 > (2) < names came up … and she might remember them in her father's mouth — Padraic Fallon > d. (1) < he is the mouth … of the House in its relations with the Crown — T.E.May > (2) archaic < the whole gang will be … watching an opportunity to make a mouth of you — Charles Cotton > e. archaic (1) < in a Roman mouth, the graceful name of prophet and of poet was the same — William Cowper > (2) < does it lie in the mouth of members of that government to taunt the … party with having no policy — Randolph Churchill > f. (1) < he is not all mouth … he gets results — Time > — often modified by big < now you've spilled the beans, you and your big mouth > (2) < just don't take any mouth from him — Jackson Burgess > 5. a. (1) (2) (3) (4) b. < mouth of a well > < mouth of a mine > < mouth of a volcano > < mouths of all underdrains should be looked to — Adrian Bell > < arriving at the mouth of the burrow he lay down — J.T.McNish > c. < mouth of a pocket > < mouth of a bottle > < mouth of a fisherman's trawl > specifically d. (1) (2) (3) (4) e. f. < charged right up into the mouths of those cannon — F.B.Gipson > < the mouth of the automatic pressed closer against the back in the light overcoat — Kay Boyle > g. h. (1) (2) (3) i. j. k. architecture • - a poor mouth - down in the mouth - from mouth to mouth - full mouth - on the wrong side of one's mouth II. transitive verb 1. a. < taught to mouth the word cow — Don Murray > < glibly mouthed by so many people — Edna Ferber > < only mouths words in talking about the need for faith — R.W.Flint > b. < mouthing big phrases to hide little thought — Bruce Marshall > < mouthing sonorous Virgil — Robert Keable > c. < mouthing the words, “this is what she thinks is tea” — Jean Stafford > 2. a. < he keeps them … in the corner of his jaw, first mouthed to be last swallowed — Shakespeare > especially < mouthed down a square of cheese — Norman Mailer > b. < mouthing the eggs and young for oxygenation purposes — L.P.Schultz > specifically < a crooked … little man who had been mouthed by a whale — R.M.Lovett > 3. a. < a horse must be carefully mouthed before he is taught to jump > b. < sheepmen always mouth … sheep they are about to buy, to see if the age is as represented — Lamb Production > 4. intransitive verb 1. a. < go around annoying people by mouthing to yourself — W.R.Benét > < juvenile mouthing of the multiplication tables > b. < the bad old tradition of mouthing and ranting to bring … characters to life — Vernon Jarratt > c. < wasn't going to have him mouth around the countryside that I had the stove for my own personal comfort — Michael McLaverty > 2. obsolete < the duke … would mouth with a beggar, though she smelt brown bread and garlic — Shakespeare > 3. a. < the children were giggling, bubbling, mouthing — Alexander Saxton > b. < the octopus roped down from his hand, suckers still faintly mouthing — Norman Lewis > 4. < where does this creek mouth > |
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