mouthing
n. 怪脸,苦相; 承口
Your mouth is the area of your face where your lips are or the space behind your lips where your teeth and tongue are.
She clamped her hand against her mouth...
她用手捂着嘴。
His mouth was full of peas.
他满嘴都是豌豆。
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.
I've always had a loud mouth, I refuse to be silenced...
我一贯大声说出自己的想法,不会迫于压力而一言不发。
You've got such a crude mouth!
你说话真粗鲁!
The mouth of a cave, hole, or bottle is its entrance or opening.
By the mouth of the tunnel he bent to retie his lace.
到隧道出入口时,他弯腰重新系好鞋带。
The mouth of a river is the place where it flows into the sea.
...the town at the mouth of the River Dart.
位于达特河入海口的城镇
If you mouth something, you form words with your lips without making any sound.
I mouthed a goodbye and hurried in behind Momma...
我用口型默示告别,然后匆匆跟在妈妈身后走了进去。
She winked broadly at him and silently mouthed something...
她使劲冲他使眼色,不出声地对他说了些什么。
If you mouth something, you say it, especially without believing it or without understanding it.
I mouthed some sympathetic platitudes...
我言不由衷地说了一些表示同情的客套话。
They mouthed the values of family, religion and charity, but demonstrated the opposite in their private lives.
他们大谈家庭、宗教和慈善的价值,但他们在个人生活中的表现却恰恰相反。
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.
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.
他要用相当于400英镑的月收入来维持五口之家的生计,感觉很艰难。
If you say that someone does not open their mouth, you are emphasizing that they never say anything at all.
Sometimes I hardly dare open my mouth...
有时我几乎不敢开口说话。
He hasn't opened his mouth since he's been there.
他从到那儿后一直没有开口。
If you keep your mouth shut about something, you do not talk about it, especially because it is a secret.
You wouldn't be here now if she'd kept her mouth shut.
如果她守口如瓶的话,你现在就不会在这儿啦。
He was mouthing off about the high price of fish.
他就鱼价的飞涨大发议论.
He was mouthing the usual platitudes about the need for more compassion.
他言不由衷地说了些需要更加同情之类的陈腔滥调.
He crept into the corner, mouthing curses.
他悄悄地移到角落, 嘴里喃喃地诅咒着.
You do not really mean it, you are just mouthing it.
你说的不是真的, 你言不由衷而已.
The parents might even tell the child mouthing off.
家长也会告诉小孩子不准顶嘴.