Mouthful
[ 'maʊθ'fʊl ]
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n. 一口;满口;<俚>适当[不适当]的批评[暗示];
💡 词根助记
mouth嘴巴+ful名词后缀，表充满时的量→一口
📝 例句
He bolted down a few mouthful of food and hurried back to the workshop.
他匆匆忙忙吃了几口东西, 又回车间去了。
He scooped up some water with his hands and took a big mouthful.
他捧起水来喝了一大口。
He drank another mouthful of gin.
他又喝了一口杜松子酒。
Hardly had the King eaten a mouthful when he burst out laughing.
国王还没有吃上一口，忽然大笑起来。
He chewed a mouthful of meat but it was too much to swallow.
他咀嚼了满满一嘴肉,但是多得咽不下去。
🌱 联想助记
【记】mouth-口,ful-full充满的:口被塞满了就是满口(一口)
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
mouthful
n
1 [C] as much as can easily be put into the mouth at one time 一口（的量）
eat a few mouthfuls of food 吃几口食物
swallow sth in a/one mouthful 一口吞下某物.
2 [sing] (infml joc 口, 谑) word or phrase that is too long or difficult to pronounce 长或拗口的词语
Timothy Thistlethwaite? That's a bit of a mouthful! 蒂莫西?西斯尔思韦特? 真有点绕嘴!
🔁 扩展释义
*['mauθful]n. 一口, 满口相关词组: swallow sth at a mouthful
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Large groups of Native Americans were forced to move away form their old hunting grounds.
成批成批的美洲土著人被迫从他们原来的狩猎场迁走。
Kunta wondered why the white people had done this to him.
孔塔不知道白人为什么要这样对待他。
He read many books and paused in his work at six every evening for prayers, even when he was with other world leaders.
他阅读很多的书，每天傍晚六点钟，他就要暂时停下工作去做祈祷，甚至与世界上别的领袖在一起时也这样。