mouth
US: /ˈmaʊθ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
mouth /mauθ - mauð/- mauð/
- danh từ, số nhiều mouths /mauðz/
- mồm, miệng, mõm
- by mouth: bằng miệng, bằng lời nói
- miệng ăn
- a useless mouth: một miệng ăn vô dụng
- cửa (hang, sông, lò...)
- sự nhăn mặt, sự nhăn nhó
- to make mouths; to makem a wry mouth: nhăn mặt, nhăn nhăn nhó nhó (tỏ vẻ không bằng lòng)
- to be down in the mouth
- (xem) down
- to give mouth
- sủa; cắn (chó)
- to laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth
- (xem) laugh
- to make one's mouth water
- (xem) water
- to put speech into another's mouth
- để cho ai nói cái gì
- to put words into someone's mouth
- mớm lời cho ai, bảo cho ai cách ăn nói
- to take the words out of someone's mouth
- nói đúng những lời mà người ta định nói
- none of your mouth, please!
- xin ông đừng dở cái trò hỗn xược của ông ra nữa!
- shut upur mouth
- câm mồn đi! bịt cái mõm lại!
- mồm, miệng, mõm
- ngoại động từ
- nói to; đọc rành rọt; nói cường điệu
- ăn đớp
- nội động từ
- nói to; nói cường điệu; kêu la
- nhăn nhó, nhăn mặt
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
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part of face
1 the opening in the face used for speaking, eating, etc.; the area inside the head behind this opening: She opened her mouth to say something. + His mouth twisted into a wry smile. + Their mouths fell open (= they were surprised). + Don't talk with your mouth full (= when eating). + The creature was foaming at the mouth.
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person needing food
2 a person considered only as sb who needs to be provided with food: Now there would be another mouth to feed. + The world will not be able to support all these extra hungry mouths.
entrance / opening
3 ~ (of sth) the entrance or opening of sth: the mouth of a cave / pit
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of river
4 the place where a river joins the sea: A number of industries sprang up around the mouth of the river.
way of speaking
5 a particular way of speaking: He has a foul mouth on him! + Watch your mouth! (= stop saying things that are rude and / or offensive)
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-mouthed
6 (in adjectives) having the type or shape of mouth mentioned: a wide-mouthed old woman + a narrow-mouthed cave
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7 (in adjectives) having a particular way of speaking: a rather crude-mouthed individual
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Idioms: be all mouth (informal) if you say sb is all mouth, you mean that they talk a lot about doing sth, but are, in fact, not brave enough to do it
down in the mouth unhappy and depressed
keep your mouth shut (informal) to not talk about sth to sb because it is a secret or because it will upset or annoy them: I've warned them to keep their mouths shut about this. + Now she's upset-why couldn't you keep your mouth shut?
out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) (saying) used when a small child has just said sth that seems very wise or clever
more at BIG adj., BORN, BREAD, BUTTER n., FOAM v., FOOT n., GIFT, HEART, HORSE n., LIVE, MELT, MONEY, SHOOT v., SHUT v., TASTE n., WATCH v., WORD n.
+ verb
1 to move your lips as if you were saying sth, but without making a sound: [VN] He mouthed a few obscenities at us and then moved off. [also V speech]
2 (disapproving) to say sth that you do not really feel, believe or understand: [VN] They're just mouthing empty slogans. [also V speech]
Phrasal Verbs: mouth off (at / about sth) (informal) to talk or complain loudly about sth
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 lips; maw, jaws, oral cavity, Technical stoma, Slang trap, kisser, muzzle, gob, chops, yap, US bazoo:
I want to hear that you don't love me from your own mouth.
2 opening, aperture, doorway, door, gateway, gate, access, entrance, inlet, entry, entry-way, way in, entrée; passage, passageway, way, orifice; exit, way out, vent, outlet, outfall, Technical debouchment or debouchure, debouch or débouché, embouchure:
We stood at the mouth of the cave. An enormous delta formed at the mouth of the river
3 bragging, boasting, braggadocio, empty or idle talk, bombast, rodomontade, fustian, Slang claptrap, hot air, gas:
The fellow is all mouth and no action.
4 disrespect, impudence, insolence, sauciness, rudeness, impertinence, pertness, boldness, audacity, presumptuousness, brashness, flippancy, Colloq lip, cheek, backchat, sauce, freshness, US sass, back talk:
He'd better not give me any of his mouth or I'll have his guts for garters
5 grimace, pout, moue, face:
She made a mouth when I said she couldn't go.
6 down in or at the mouth. dejected, despondent, sad, sorrowful, unhappy, melancholy, blue, crestfallen, dispirited, disheartened, downcast, Colloq (down) in the dumps, broken up:
He was very down in the mouth after seeing the results of the laboratory tests.
v.
7 utter, say, speak, pronounce, announce, enunciate, articulate, voice, sound, express, vocalize; declaim, orate:
He mouthed each word with excruciating care. Who wants to hear some pompous fool mouthing platitudes?
Collocation
ADJ.
big, cavernous, enormous, generous, huge, large, wide | small | beautiful, chiselled, handsome, lovely, pretty, sensual, sensuous, well-shaped | firm, hard, strong
A smile played around his strong mouth.
| soft | hot, warm | loose, slack | full, full-lipped | lipless, thin | toothless | lopsided | wet | dry, tight
A tight mouth was the only sign of her nerves.
| gaping, half-open, open | cruel | hungry | swollen
VERB + MOUTH
open, shut | cover
He covered his mouth to hide his yawn.
| wipe
He wiped his greasy mouth on his sleeve.
| fill
He coughed as the blood filled his mouth.
| foam at, froth at
The dog was foaming at the mouth and near death.
MOUTH + VERB
drop open, fall open, hang open, open, sag open
Our mouths dropped open in surprise.
| close, shut | be contorted, be distorted, be set, compress, contort, harden, purse, set, thin, tighten, turn down, twist
His mouth compressed into a thin, hard line.
‘Get out!’ she shouted, her mouth contorted by emotion. Her mouth suddenly set in a determined line.
| curl, curve, lift, quirk, stretch, tilt, turn up
Her mouth curved into a smile. His mouth lifted in a wry smile.
| droop, sag | pout | twitch | quiver, tremble | water
My mouth started watering when I smelled the food.
| be/go dry
MOUTH + NOUN
ulcer
PREP.
about/around your ~
There were lines of tension about his mouth.
| across your ~
A cool smile played across her mouth.
| in your ~
I could taste blood in my mouth.
| over your ~
She put her hand over her mouth to stifle the cough.
PHRASES
the back/roof of the mouth
I was so thirsty my tongue was sticking to the roof of my mouth.
| the corner/side of the mouth
There was blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. The corners of her mouth turned up in a slight smile.
| keep your mouth shut
(= don't speak),
(have, etc.) your mouth full
(= full of food)Don't talk with your mouth full!
| a mouth to feed
Twins would mean two extra mouths to feed.
| mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation)
He pulled the boy from the river and gave him mouth-to-mouth.
Concise dictionary
mouths|mouthed|mouthingmaʊθnoun
+the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
+the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening
+an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)
+the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
+a person conceived as a consumer of food
+a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
+an impudent or insolent rejoinder
+the opening of a jar or bottle
verb
+express in speech
+articulate silently; form words with the lips only
+touch with the mouth
