mouthful

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The amount that will fit in a mouth.
    — He swallowed a mouthful of sea water when he fell in.
  2. Quite a bit. slang
    — “Unquestionably his metabolism is unduly susceptible to stresses resulting from the interaction of external excitations,” he said, and Bobbie patted him on the shoulder in a maternal sort of way, a thing I wouldn't have cared to do myself though our relations were, as I have indicated, more cordial than they had been at one time, and told him he had said a mouthful.
  3. Something difficult to pronounce or say.
    — “She sells sea shells” is a bit of a mouthful to say.
  4. A tirade of abusive language.
    — to give someone a mouthful
形容词 adj.
  1. Bombastic or awkward.
    — Once this happens to be the result, there is little reason for waxing over such mouthful phrases as 'grass-roots democracy', 'democratic decentralization' or 'panchayati raj'.

词形变化

mouthfuls plural mouthsful plural more mouthful comparative most mouthful superlative

词汇关系

近义词
belt chug draft draught drink gulp mouthful nip shot sip slug swig
反义词
bootful bucketful cupful gallon
上位词
modicum volume
衍生词
mouthful of marbles you said a mouthful

词源

词源 1
From Middle English mouthful, mouth-full, mouthe full, from Old English *mūþfull, from Proto-West Germanic *munþafull, equivalent to mouth + -ful. Compare Dutch mondvol (“mouthful”), German Mundvoll (“mouthful”), Danish mundfuld (“mouthful”), Swedish munfull (“mouthful”), Icelandic munnfylli (“mouthful”). Compare also West Frisian mûlfol (“mouthful”).
词源 2
From mouth + -ful.
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