mouthful
US: /ˈmaʊθˌfʊɫ/
UK: /mˈaʊθfəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
mouthful /'mauθful/- danh từ
- miếng (đầy mồm)
- at a mouthful: chỉ một miếng
- miếng (đầy mồm)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [C] an amount of food or drink that you put in your mouth at one time: She took a mouthful of water. + Thank you, but I couldn't eat another mouthful. + He talked eagerly between mouthfuls of salad.
2 [sing.] (informal) a word or a phrase that is long and complicated or difficult to pronounce: My name's Zacharias. You can call me Zach if it's too much of a mouthful. + Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows (what a mouthful!)
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
morsel, bite, spoonful, forkful, lump, chunk, gob, hunk:
He took a mouthful of food.
Collocation
ADJ.
great, large | small
VERB + MOUTHFUL
drink, eat, gulp (down), have, swallow, take
She took a large mouthful of bread and started to read the letter. | chew | spit (out) | choke on choking on a mouthful of tea
PREP.
between ~s
He told the story between mouthfuls.
| through a ~
She answered through a mouthful of cake.
| ~ of
a mouthful of coffee
Concise dictionary
mouthfuls'maʊθfʊlnoun
+the quantity that can be held in the mouth
+a small amount eaten or drunk
