mouthed

英 [maʊðd]

美 [maʊðd]

v.  (动嘴唇)不出声地说; 言不由衷地说
mouth的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

Pronounced /maʊθ/ for the noun, and /maʊð/ for the verb. The form mouths is pronounced /maʊðz/. 名词读作 /maʊθ/，动词读作 /maʊð/。mouths 读作 /maʊðz/。


• N-COUNT 口;嘴
  Yourmouthis the area of your face where your lips are or the space behind your lips where your teeth and tongue are.
  1. She clamped her hand against her mouth...
     她用手捂着嘴。
  2. His mouth was full of peas.
     他满嘴都是豌豆。
  3. ...an inflammation of the mouth.
     口腔发炎
• N-COUNT 说话方式;言谈
  You can say that someone has a particular kind ofmouthto indicate that they speak in a particular kind of way or that they say particular kinds of things.
  1. I've always had a loud mouth, I refuse to be silenced...
     我一贯大声说出自己的想法，不会迫于压力而一言不发。
  2. You've got such a crude mouth!
     你说话真粗鲁！
• N-COUNT (洞的)出入口；(瓶)口
  Themouthof a cave, hole, or bottle is its entrance or opening.
  1. By the mouth of the tunnel he bent to retie his lace.
     到隧道出入口时，他弯腰重新系好鞋带。
• N-COUNT 河口;入海口
  Themouthof a river is the place where it flows into the sea.
  1. ...the town at the mouth of the River Dart.
     位于达特河入海口的城镇
• VERB 不出声地说;用口型默示
  If youmouthsomething, you form words with your lips without making any sound.
  1. I mouthed a goodbye and hurried in behind Momma...
     我用口型默示告别，然后匆匆跟在妈妈身后走了进去。
  2. She winked broadly at him and silently mouthed something...
     她使劲冲他使眼色，不出声地对他说了些什么。
  3. 'It's for you,' he mouthed.
     他用口型示意：“这是给你的。”
• VERB 言不由衷地说；信口说；不知所云地说
  If youmouthsomething, you say it, especially without believing it or without understanding it.
  1. I mouthed some sympathetic platitudes...
     我言不由衷地说了一些表示同情的客套话。
  2. They mouthed the values of family, religion and charity, but demonstrated the opposite in their private lives.
     他们大谈家庭、宗教和慈善的价值，但他们在个人生活中的表现却恰恰相反。
• PHRASE 需要赡养的人;要养活的人
  If you have a number ofmouths to feed, you have the responsibility of earning enough money to feed and look after that number of people.
  1. He had to feed his family on the equivalent of four hundred pounds a month and, with five mouths to feed, he found this very hard.
     他要用相当于400英镑的月收入来维持五口之家的生计，感觉很艰难。
• PHRASE 开口说话;发言
  If you say that someone does notopentheirmouth, you are emphasizing that they never say anything at all.
  1. Sometimes I hardly dare open my mouth...
     有时我几乎不敢开口说话。
  2. He hasn't opened his mouth since he's been there.
     他从到那儿后一直没有开口。
• PHRASE 保持缄默;守口如瓶
  If youkeepyourmouth shutabout something, you do not talk about it, especially because it is a secret.
  1. You wouldn't be here now if she'd kept her mouth shut.
     如果她守口如瓶的话，你现在就不会在这儿啦。
• tolive hand to mouth→ see:hand

双语例句

• On the television evening news, reporters mouthed the latest grim statistic against a back-drop of mean streets and smoking buildings.
  晚间电视新闻上，记者站在破旧的街道和冒烟的房屋前面报导着令人心寒的最新统计数字。
• I mouthed a goodbye and hurried in behind Momma
  我用口型默示告别，然后匆匆跟在妈妈身后走了进去。
• New Year's Day2009 with the famous pianist Shikun Liu Master in Theatre Cultural Centre in Guangzhou Panyu mouthed performance.
  2009年元旦与著名钢琴家刘诗昆大师在广州番禺文化中心剧院同台演出。
• His was as Irish a face as could be found in the length and breadth of the homeland he had left so long ago& round, high colored, short nosed, wide mouthed and belligerent.
  他那张纯粹爱尔兰型的脸，同他已离别多年的故乡的那些脸一模一样，是圆圆的、深色的、短鼻子，宽嘴巴，满脸好战的神情。
• As we marched past the madhouse, two or three elderly inmates gibbered and mouthed politely behind the railings.
  当我们走过疯人院时，两三个年老的疯子在栏杆后面客客气气地嘟囔着一些毫无意义的话。
• But more mouthed along listlessly or stared in silence.
  但更多的人只是无精打采地张着嘴或默默地发呆。
• The most characteristic ceramic shape of this period is the "tsubo" which is a narrow mouthed jar for storage of seed.
  最具特色的陶瓷形状，这一时期是“壶”是一个窄口瓶内储存种子。
• Speakers at the rally mouthed sentiments of unity
  集会上的发言人空泛地呼吁大家要团结一致。
• She winked broadly at him and silently mouthed something
  她使劲冲他使眼色，不出声地对他说了些什么。
• She mouthed something I couldn't make out.
  她用口形默示了些什么，但我弄不明白。