lip
n. 嘴唇; (杯,壺等的)口,邊緣; 〈俚〉無理的回答; 〈美〉律師
Your lips are the two outer parts of the edge of your mouth.
Wade stuck the cigarette between his lips.
韋德把香菸叼在嘴裡。
The lip of something such as a container or a high area of land is its edge.
...the lip of the jug.
壺嘴
...the lip of Mount Etna's smouldering crater.
埃特納火山冒著煙的火山口
If you bite your lip, you try very hard not to show the anger or distress that you are feeling.
She bit her lip as she recalled the words he'd thrown at her.
回想起他甩給她的那些話,她咬了咬唇。
If you say that something is on everyone's lips, you mean that a lot of people seem to be interested in it and are talking about it.
A reporter asks the president the question on everyone's lips: 'Do you anticipate being re-appointed?'...
一名記者向總裁提了大家都想問的問題:“您覺得自己會再獲任命嗎?”
He is the guy whose name is on everyone's lips at the moment.
他就是那個現在大家都在談論的人。
If you lick your lips, you move your tongue across your lips as you think about or taste something pleasant.
They licked their lips in anticipation...
他們舔舔嘴唇,滿懷期待。
We swallowed the chocolates in one gulp, licking our lips.
我們一口吞下了巧克力,滿意地咂著嘴。
If you tell someone that your lips are sealed, you are promising them that you will keep a secret that they have told you.
As for anything told to me in confidence, well, my lips are sealed.
至於私底下告訴我的任何事情,我會守口如瓶的。
If you say that someone is keeping a stiff upper lip, you mean that they are not showing any emotion even though it is difficult for them not to.
1. fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth
2. an impudent or insolent rejoinder;
3. the top edge of a vessel
bite one's lip
咬緊嘴唇;壓抑感情;抑制笑容;忍住不說
curl one's lip
(表示輕蔑的)撇嘴
lick (或 smack) one's lips
舐嘴唇(表示滿意和渴望)
my (或 his 等) lips are sealed
pass one's lips
吃進去;喝下去;說出口
pay lip service to
口惠而實不至
They came to the lip of a dead crater.
他們來到了一個死火山口.
The cop told him to button his lip.
警察叫他閉嘴.
There's many a slip between the cup and the lip ! Who knows what may happen?
事情往往 功敗垂成,誰知道會發生什麼?
Just do as what I say — and don't give me any of your lip.
按我說的去幹——不要給我丟臉.
The machinists only pay lip service to the safety regulations and one day soon there is going to be a nasty accident.
機械師們對安全條例只是口頭上表示遵守,總有一天要出大事故的.