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mouthful noun uk /ˈmaʊθ.fʊl/ us /ˈmaʊθ.fʊl/
mouthfulnoun (AMOUNT) [ C ] an amount of food or drink that fills your mouth, or that you put into your mouth at one time: 满口;一口 He only ate a few mouthfuls of meat.他只吃了几口肉。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Food - general words aliment bed bowl of something box scheme carb dry goods eats farm box fast casual fast food morsel munch non-dairy non-food nosh sustenance vegetable box viands victuals whole food
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mouthfulnoun (WORD) [ S ]informal a word or phrase that is difficult to pronounce or that has a lot of syllables: 冗长而拗口的词(或词组),难读的词(或词组) I've always called myself Henny because it's less of a mouthful than Henrietta.我总是叫自己“亨尼”,因为它不像“亨丽埃塔”那么拗口。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Ways of speaking accented accentual accentuation articulate asperity asyndetic asyndetically bray fluent glottal stop intone mispronounce non-metaphorical non-verbal non-verbally orthoepy paralanguage pronounce singsong toned
Idiom
give someone a mouthful
mouthful | American Dictionary mouthful noun[ C ] us/ˈmɑʊθˌfʊl/
mouthfulnoun[C] (BODY PART) the amount of food or drink that fills your mouth, or that you put into your mouth at one time: Marj forked up a mouthful of pie. infml A mouthful is also a long word or sentence, or something said that has a lot of meaning: He has a mouthful to say on the subject. |