| 英语单词 | mouthful |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['maʊθfʊl] 美 ['maʊθfʊl] |
| 中文释义 | n.一口;又长又拗口的词 |
| 英语例句 | (1) I can't manage another mouthful. (2) He wants to eat it up at a mouthful. (3) He took a mouthful of sweet country air. (4) That Russian name is really a mouthful. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我一口也吃不下了。 (2) 他要一口把它吃掉。 (3) 他吸一口清香的乡村空气。 (4) 那个俄文名字真拗口。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A mouthful is an amount of some substance that can fit in a person'a mouth. If you eat a mouthful of chocolate cream pie, you consume a bite of it. |
| vocabulary扩展 | A mischievous kid might spit a mouthful of water at her sister, while a thirsty athlete might gulp a mouthful of water after her workout. In both cases, the mouthful is as much water as can fit in their mouths. If you're not very hungry for dinner, you might just have a few mouthfuls of mashed potatoes — just a few bites, in other words. Another kind of mouthful is a long, complicated word, phrase, or sentence. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](饮料或食物)一口之量 A mouthful of drink or food is the amount that you put or have in your mouth. [oft N
2 [N-SING 单数名词]冗长而拗口的词(或短语);难读的词(或短语) If you describe a long word or phrase as a mouthful, you mean that it is difficult to say. [ [INFORMAL 非正式]
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