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口;嘴
Your mouth is the area of your face where your lips are or the space behind your lips where your teeth and tongue are.
例句
She clamped her hand against her mouth...
她用手捂著嘴。
His mouth was full of peas.
他滿嘴都是豌豆。
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說話方式;言談
You can say that someone has a particular kind of mouth to indicate that they speak in a particular kind of way or that they say particular kinds of things.
例句
I've always had a loud mouth, I refuse to be silenced...
我一貫大聲說出自己的想法，不會迫于壓力而一言不發。
You've got such a crude mouth!
你說話真粗魯！
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(洞的)出入口；(瓶)口
The mouth of a cave, hole, or bottle is its entrance or opening.
例句
By the mouth of the tunnel he bent to retie his lace.
到隧道出入口時，他彎腰重新系好鞋帶。
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河口;入海口
The mouth of a river is the place where it flows into the sea.
例句
...the town at the mouth of the River Dart.
位于達特河入海口的城鎮
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VERB
不出聲地說;用口型默示
If you mouth something, you form words with your lips without making any sound.
例句
I mouthed a goodbye and hurried in behind Momma...
我用口型默示告別，然后匆匆跟在媽媽身后走了進去。
She winked broadly at him and silently mouthed something...
她使勁沖他使眼色，不出聲地對他說了些什么。
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VERB
言不由衷地說；信口說；不知所云地說
If you mouth something, you say it, especially without believing it or without understanding it.
例句
I mouthed some sympathetic platitudes...
我言不由衷地說了一些表示同情的客套話。
They mouthed the values of family, religion and charity, but demonstrated the opposite in their private lives.
他們大談家庭、宗教和慈善的價值，但他們在個人生活中的表現卻恰恰相反。
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PHRASE
需要贍養的人;要養活的人
If you have a number of mouths to feed, you have the responsibility of earning enough money to feed and look after that number of people.
例句
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.
他要用相當于400英鎊的月收入來維持五口之家的生計，感覺很艱難。
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PHRASE
開口說話;發言
If you say that someone does not open their mouth, you are emphasizing that they never say anything at all.
例句
Sometimes I hardly dare open my mouth...
有時我幾乎不敢開口說話。
He hasn't opened his mouth since he's been there.
他從到那兒后一直沒有開口。
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保持緘默;守口如瓶
If you keep your mouth shut about something, you do not talk about it, especially because it is a secret.
例句
You wouldn't be here now if she'd kept her mouth shut.
如果她守口如瓶的話，你現在就不會在這兒啦。