mouthfuls

英 [ˈmaʊθfʊlz]

美 [ˈmaʊθˌfʊlz]

n.  一口，一满口(的量); 又长又拗口的词(或短语)
mouthful的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (饮料或食物)一口之量
  Amouthful ofdrink or food is the amount that you put or have in your mouth.
  1. She gulped down a mouthful of coffee...
     她咽下一大口咖啡。
  2. Chew each mouthful fully before the next bite.
     将每一口充分咀嚼后，再吃下一口。
• N-SING 冗长而拗口的词（或短语）;难读的词（或短语）
  If you describe a long word or phrase asa mouthful, you mean that it is difficult to say.
  1. It's called the Pan-Carib-bean Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Project, which is quite a mouthful.
     它被称为 the Pan-Caribbean Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Project（泛加勒比备灾防灾项目），名称相当冗长拗口。

双语例句

• Sometimes you can feel your energy being cannibalized in great, horrifying mouthfuls.
  有时候你感到自己的精力被巨大恐怖地一口口吞食掉。
• Attendants promptly brought him a longan decoction and after sipping a couple of mouthfuls he got up to adjust his clothes. Red dates and longan tea helps to improve blood circulation and restore body balance.
  “众人忙端上桂圆汤来，呷了两口，遂起身整衣.”桂圆红枣茶有改善血液循环、安定精神之功效。
• She spooned out a few mouthfuls of rice into each of the plates.
  她给每个盘子盛上几口饭。
• I can't believe she was smoking between mouthfuls!
  我简直不敢相信她吃了满嘴东西还抽烟！
• As they tore their bread apart in big mouthfuls, they blocked up the shop of the baker, who, now that they had paid their money, looked angrily at them.
  他们大口咬着面包往下咽，现在钱已收过了，面包师傅见他们仍挤在他的铺子里，便显得有些不耐烦。
• Between mouthfuls I manage to get a question out: is there any progress within India's advisory council on climate change?
  吃饭过程中，我抽空问了个问题：印度气候变化咨询委员会内部有什么进展？
• Then I took the whisky bottle and drank several mouthfuls.
  然后抄起威士忌酒瓶喝了几口。
• Every day, open windows, you can smell the fragrance of peach flowers, take a walk out, when thirsty, you can eat mouthfuls big red peach.
  每一天，推开窗户，就可以闻到桃花的香味，出来散步时候，口渴了，张开嘴就可以吃到又大又鲜红的桃子。
• White mouthfuls of casting iron's gentle-treatment is a important craft to make farm implements.
  白口铸铁的柔化处理就是制造农具的重要工艺。
• We bolted a few mouthfuls of food and hurried on.
  我们匆匆地吞下几口食物，就赶着继续前进。