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  • Conjugation : pl  mouths
  • Derivatives : n  mouther ; adj  mouthless
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

mouth [mauθ]
  1. 1. noun [+of person] [ animal]
  2. 2. noun (way of talking) 说话方式
  3. 3. noun [of river] 河口
  4. 4. noun [of cave] [ tunnel]
  5. 5. vt. (mime) 唇语
  6. 6. vt. (trot out) 言不由衷地说

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

mouth [maʊθ] [maʊð]
  1. 1. n.[c] 口腔
    He stuffed his mouth with candy.
    他嘴里塞满糖果
  2. 2. n.[c] 口,嘴
    She wiped lipstick from her mouth.
    擦去嘴唇上的口红
  3. 3. n.[c] 出入口
    They built a fire at the mouth of the cave.
    他们洞口点起了篝火
    He rode into the mouth of the canyon.
    进入了峡谷口。
  4. 4. n.[c] 河口入海口
    New york is at the mouth of the Hudson.
    纽约位于哈得孙河河口。
  5. 5. n.[c] 一口
    He has four mouths to feed.
    他要养四口人。
  6. 6. n.[c] 代言人发言人
  7. 7. n.[u] 顶嘴回嘴无礼的话
  8. 8. n.[c] 开口
    The jar had a wide mouth.
    那个坛子的坛嘴很大。
  9. 9. n.[c] 口状物
  10. 10. verb 说,说话
  11. 11. vt. 唇语,用口型默示
    She mouthed a swear word.
    她说了一句骂人的话
  12. 12. vt. 用嘴触碰

Collins English-English Dictionary

mouth
  1. 1. n the opening through which many animals take in food and issue vocal sounds
  2. 2. n the system of organs surrounding this opening, including the lips, tongue, teeth, etc
  3. 3. n the visible part of the lips on the face
  4. 4. n a person regarded as a consumer of food
    four mouths to feed
  5. 5. n verbal expression (esp in the phrase give mouth to)
  6. 6. n a particular manner of speaking
    a foul mouth
  7. 7. n [Spoken] boastful, rude, or excessive talk
    he is all mouth
  8. 8. n the point where a river issues into a sea or lake
  9. 9. n the opening of a container, such as a jar
  10. 10. n the opening of or place leading into a cave, tunnel, volcano, etc
  11. 11. n that part of the inner lip of a horse on which the bit acts, esp when specified as to sensitivity
    a hard mouth
  12. 12. n [music] the narrow slit in an organ pipe
  13. 13. n the opening between the jaws of a vice or other gripping device
  14. 14. n a pout; grimace
  15. 15. vb to speak or say (something) insincerely, esp in public
  16. 16. vt. [tr] to form (words) with movements of the lips but without speaking
  17. 17. vt. [tr] to accustom (a horse) to wearing a bit
  18. 18. vt. [tr] to take (something) into the mouth or to move (something) around inside the mouth
  19. 19. vi. [intr; usually foll by at] to make a grimace
  20. 20. vi. [Etymology] Old English muth; compare Old Norse muthr, Gothic munths, Dutch mond

Examples

a mouth breather
用口呼吸者
a cupid's-bow mouth
双弓形的嘴
to shovel food into one's mouth
大口地吃
Open your mouth and say AH!
张嘴,“啊”!
Don't talk with your mouth full.
嘴里有东西的时候不要讲话。
to be foaming at the mouth
[fig] 大怒
Angelica looked at me with her mouth open.
安吉莉卡张着嘴看着我。

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