| 词汇 | mouthful |
| 释义 | mouthfulWord family adjectivemouthablemouthlessmouthymouthwateringnounmouthermouthfulmouthbreathermouthbreedermouthfeelmouth organmouthpartsmouthpiecemouthwashmouth Food mouth·ful /ˈmaʊθfʊl/ noun [countableC] 1 DFLITTLE/NOT MUCHan amount of food or drink that you put into your mouth at one time 〔食物或饮料的〕一口，一满口 Michael told his story between mouthfuls. 迈克尔边吃边讲他的故事。 mouthful of Betty drank a mouthful of beer. 贝蒂喝了一大口啤酒。 He took a mouthful of his pudding. 他吃了一口布丁。 2 (a bit of) a mouthful informalSAY a long word or phrase that is difficult to say 冗长而拗口的词[短语] Her real name is a bit of a mouthful, so we just call her Dee. 她的真名长得有点拗口，所以我们只叫她迪伊。 3. give somebody a mouthful informal especially British EnglishBrEANGRY to speak angrily to someone, often swearing at them 对某人一顿痛骂；咒骂某人 Examples from the Corpus give somebody a mouthful• And she gave Anwar a mouthful. 4. say a mouthful American EnglishAmE informalSAY to say a lot of true and important things about something in a few words 说到点子上，话短而精，言简意赅 Examples from the Corpus mouthful• Joey had a mouthful of cookies.• Mattie snapped through a mouthful of food.• He took a mouthful of the secret vodka, savouring it, carried it to the door, listened.• She took a mouthful of wine, but it came straight back up.• Entertainments National Service - what a mouthful.• After all those years of eating Lewis' dust, there was Powell at the end with a mouthful of sand.• a mouthful of sharp teeth• I'm stuffed. I couldn't eat another mouthful.• Think Mary Lou Retton and her mouthful of polished choppers.• Finally, the very thought of one more sweet and sticky mouthful would make him sick.• He dragged on crumpled clothes, tried to eat breakfast but spat out the mouthful, fled to his car. |
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