mouth CET4 TEM4 ( mouthing, mouthed, mouths )

名词读作maʊθ。动词读作maʊð。名词复数和动词第三人称单数时均读作maʊðz。

• 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

  例：

  She clamped her hand against her mouth.

  她用手紧紧捂住嘴。

• 2. 

  -mouthed COMB in ADJ (用于构成复合形容词) 嘴…的

  例：

  He straightened up and looked at me, open-mouthed.

  他直起身子看着我，嘴大张着。

• 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. 说话 (方式或内容)

  例：

  I've always had a loud mouth, I refuse to be silenced.

  我总是有话就讲，我拒绝保持沉默。

• 4. 

  -mouthed COMB in ADJ (用于构成复合形容词) 说话…的

  例：

  ...Sam, their smart-mouthed teenage son.

  …萨姆，他们十几岁的伶牙俐齿的儿子。

• 5. 

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

  例：

  By the mouth of the tunnel he bent to retie his shoelace.

  到隧道的入口处，他弯腰重新系了系鞋带。

• 6. 

  -mouthed COMB in ADJ (用于构成复合形容词) 口…的

  例：

  He put the flowers in a wide-mouthed blue vase.

  他把花放进一只蓝色的大口花瓶。

• 7. 

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

  例：

  ...the town at the mouth of the River Fox.

  …位于福克斯河河口的那座城镇。

• 8. 

  V-T If you mouth something, you form words with your lips without making any sound. 用口形不出声地说

  例：

  I mouthed a goodbye and hurried in behind Momma.

  我只张嘴不出声地说了个再见就赶紧跟在妈妈身后进去了。

• 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. 需要抚养的人

  例：

  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.

  他每月不得不用相当于700美元的钱来养家，5张嘴等着吃饭，他觉得很困难。

• 10. 

  PHRASE If you say that someone does not open their mouth, you are emphasizing that they never say anything at all. 开口说话 [强调]

  例：

  Sometimes I hardly dare open my mouth.

  有时我几乎不敢开口说话。

• 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

  例：

  You wouldn't be here now if she'd kept her mouth shut.

  如果她当时守口如瓶，你现在就不会在这里了。

• 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