mouth[mauθ]n.1.■嘴,口,口腔2.■(说话或发音的)口腔器官3.■(需要抚养的)人;(需要喂养的)动物4.■话,话声;发言5.■空话;大话;夸夸其谈6.■进出口,出入口7.■口状物;河口;洞口;井口;(长笛的)吹口;老虎钳口8.■(用嘴唇作出的)怪脸,苦相vt.1.■说;读;发…的音:She mouthed the words as the record played.她一边放录音,一边读出这些词语。2.■装腔作势地说:An actor who mouths his words is a poor actor.说话时装腔作势的演员不是好演员。3.■把…放入嘴内;吃:She mouthed the drug and then swallowed it reluctantly.她把药含在嘴里,然后勉强地咽了下去。4.■用嘴舔;吻;咀嚼:The dog mouthed the child's foot.狗舔小孩的脚。5.■以嘴唇的动作不做声地说出:She mouthed the word “quiet”.她用嘴唇的动作默示“安静”。6.■使(马)习惯于戴马嚼子:A horse must be carefully mouthed before he is taught to jump.教马跳跃之前必须小心使它习惯于马嚼子。vi.1.■装腔作势地说话;夸口:Stop mouthing and listen to what I have to say.别再装腔作势,好好听听我说的话。2.■(用嘴唇)作怪脸:Children were giggling and mouthing.孩子们一边格格地笑,一边做鬼脸。3.■(江河)流注(常与in, into连用):This creek mouths into the sea.这条小河注入到大海里。be all mouth and trousers夸夸其谈,光说不做bring the water to someone's mouth使某人馋涎欲滴button up one's mouth[口语]闭口不言,保持缄默down in (或at) the mouth[口语]神气沮丧,垂头丧气foam at the mouth口吐白沫气得吐沫横飞,大怒from hand to mouth现挣现吃,仅够
mouthmouth[mauθ]n.(pl. mouths[mauðz] )1.■口腔, 口, 嘴2.■人, 动物3.■出入口; 洞口; 河口, 港口4.■口状物; 喷口; 枪口; 袋[瓶]口5.■(乐器的)吹口6.■咧嘴, 怪脸; 厚脸; 苦相; 话(声), 发言; 代言人7.■传闻, 传说8.■(啤酒等)味道; 输入[出]端; 进气管; 狭窄[收敛]部分a useless mouth光吃不做的人, 饭桶a big mouth[美俚]碎嘴子; 说话冒失的人; 爱吹牛, 说大话的人None of your mouth!住嘴!Tom was born with a silver [golden] spoon in his mouth.汤姆生于富贵之家。This sounds strange in your mouth.这话出自你的口, 听来令人奇怪。