mouth

1. N-COUNT Your mouth is the area of your face where your lips are, or the space behind your lips where your teeth and tongue are. 嘴

She clamped her hand against her mouth. 她用手緊緊捂住嘴。

2. -mouthedCOMB in ADJ (用于構(gòu)成復(fù)合形容詞) 嘴…的

He straightened up and looked at me, open-mouthed. 他直起身子看著我，嘴大張著。

3. N-COUNT You can say that someone has a particular kind of mouth to indicate that they speak in a particular kind of way or that they say particular kinds of things. 說話 (方式或內(nèi)容)

I've always had a loud mouth, I refuse to be silenced. 我總是有話就講，我拒絕保持沉默。

4. -mouthedCOMB in ADJ (用于構(gòu)成復(fù)合形容詞) 說話…的

...Sam, their smart-mouthed teenage son. …薩姆，他們十幾歲的伶牙俐齒的兒子。

5. N-COUNT The mouth of a cave, hole, or bottle is its entrance or opening. (洞) 口; (瓶) 口

By the mouth of the tunnel he bent to retie his shoelace. 到隧道的入口處，他彎腰重新系了系鞋帶。

6. -mouthedCOMB in ADJ (用于構(gòu)成復(fù)合形容詞) 口…的

He put the flowers in a wide-mouthed blue vase. 他把花放進(jìn)一只藍(lán)色的大口花瓶。

7. N-COUNT The mouth of a river is the place where it flows into the sea. 河口

...the town at the mouth of the River Fox. …位于福克斯河河口的那座城鎮(zhèn)。

8. V-T If you mouth something, you form words with your lips without making any sound. 用口形不出聲地說

I mouthed a goodbye and hurried in behind Momma. 我只張嘴不出聲地說了個再見就趕緊跟在媽媽身后進(jìn)去了。

9. PHRASE If you have a number of mouths to feed, you have the responsibility of earning enough money to feed and take care of that number of people. 需要撫養(yǎng)的人

He had to feed his family on the equivalent of seven hundred dollars a month and, with five mouths to feed, he found this very hard. 他每月不得不用相當(dāng)于700美元的錢來養(yǎng)家，5張嘴等著吃飯，他覺得很困難。

10. PHRASE If you say that someone does not open their mouth, you are emphasizing that they never say anything at all. 開口說話[強調(diào)]

Sometimes I hardly dare open my mouth. 有時我?guī)缀醪桓议_口說話。

11. PHRASE If you keep your mouth shut about something, you do not talk about it, especially because it is a secret. 守口如瓶

You wouldn't be here now if she'd kept her mouth shut. 如果她當(dāng)時守口如瓶，你現(xiàn)在就不會在這里了。

12. to live hand to mouth→see hand

13. heart in your mouth→see heart

14. from the horse's mouth→see horse

15. to put your money where your mouth is→see money

16. word of mouth→see word