maw

英 [mɔː]

美 [mɔː]

n.  无底洞; 吞噬一切的深渊; (动物的)胃，咽喉

复数：maws　

BNC.34365 / COCA.20963

牛津词典

noun

• 无底洞；吞噬一切的深渊
  something that seems like a big mouth that swallows things up completely
• （动物的）胃，咽喉
  an animal's stomach or throat

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (吞噬周围一切的)大嘴,大洞
  If you describe something as amaw, you mean that it is like a big open mouth which swallows everything near it.
  1. ...helping to chop wood to feed the red maw of the stove.
     帮忙把木头劈开，丢进炉子的大肚子里

英英释义

noun

• informal terms for the mouth
  Synonym:trapcakeholeholeyapgob

双语例句

• She disappeared once more in the open maw of the tower.
  她再度消失在了高塔张开的巨口之中。
• This Lion will trample the Boar under foot and terrify it with its open maw.
  狮子会用足底踩踏野猪，用张开的胃恐吓它。
• This VIP card is valid at all Mandarin Fish Maw outlets and counters in Hong Kong.
  此咭适用于任何香港文华花胶专门店之分店及专柜。
• I'm gonna cook me up some chitterlings and hog maw.
  我要自己煮个猪肠跟猪肚来吃。
• She fears that the matter will simply be swallowed up by the maw of bureaucracy and that a decision will never be made.
  她害怕这件事会被官僚机构所耽搁，永远得不到一个明断。
• Mandarin Fish Maw reserves the right to amend Terms& Conditions without prior notice.
  本店保留此咭之使用细则之最终决定权，如有更改则无须预先通知。
• It floats before you, a bulbous body with a central, unblinking eye, and a large maw filled with daggerlike teeth.
  它在你面前飘浮着，球根状的身体上有一只位于中央一眨不眨的眼睛，一张尖牙利齿的血盆大口。
• Not to worry, chirps Linda. That's just Satan's hungry maw.
  用不着担心，琳达吭声说，只是撒旦饥饿的胃罢了。
• Rabid maw decreases an enemy's strength and agility.
  降低敌人的力量和敏捷。
• He felt the maw heavy and slippery in his hands and he slit it open.
  他觉得鱼胃在手里重甸甸、滑溜溜的，就把它剖开来。