
英:/'ˈmaʊθfʊl/ 美:/'ˈmaʊθfʊl/
一口
複數:mouthfuls
CET4,CET6
n. 一口,滿口
He took a mouthful of milk but did not swallow it.
他喝了一大口牛奶,卻又不咽下去。
Mother fed the baby a mouthful of food.
母親給嬰兒喂了一口食物。
This word has more than ten letters, which is really a mouthful.
這個單詞有十多個字母,還真是拗口。
He only ate a few mouthfuls of meat.
他隻吃了幾口肉
He ate his meal slowly, savouring every mouthful.
他細嚼慢咽地吃着飯,一口一口地品味。
She took a mouthful of food and then suddenly spat it out.
她吃了一口食物,突然又吐了出來。
A good way to break the habit of eating too quickly is to put your knife and fork down after each mouthful.
一個改掉吃飯太快的壞習慣的好方法是每吃一口後放下刀叉。
What a nice plump mouthful—she will be better to eat than the old woman.
多麼飽滿的一口啊——她吃起來一定比那個老太婆好吃。
She took a mouthful of water.
她喝了一大口水。
n.|morsel/gobbet;一口,滿口
單詞:mouthful
一、字面含義
指“一口的量”(食物、飲料或空氣),強調口腔容納的物理量。
例句:She took a small mouthful of soup to test the temperature.(她小啜一口湯試溫。)
來源:《牛津英語詞典》對“mouthful”作為名詞的釋義
二、引申含義
冗長拗口的詞句
形容發音複雜或音節冗長的單詞/短語,需多次換氣才能說完。
例句:"Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" is a real mouthful!(“超微粒矽酸鹽火山塵肺病”一詞極其拗口。)
來源:語言學家David Crystal在《英語語言百科》中分析複雜術語的發音難度
重要信息或真相
口語中表示“意味深長的話”或“關鍵性陳述”,隱含信息量大的特質。
例句:His final remark was a mouthful that left everyone silent.(他的結語意味深長,令全場沉默。)
來源:《柯林斯英語詞典》對口語用法的注釋
三、專業領域用法
來源:期刊《臨床營養學》關于吞咽障礙患者進食标準的研究
權威參考來源
單詞mouthful 的主要含義和用法如下:
Mouthful 的核心是“一口”或“一段話”,具體含義需結合上下文判斷。既可用于日常動作描述,也可引申為語言表達的複雜性或情緒表達。
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