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

• I'm not a worm in your maw.
  我不是你肚子里的蛔虫。
• Rabid maw decreases an enemy's strength and agility.
  降低敌人的力量和敏捷。
• "There was heavy rain and creeks were flooded with torrents of water, which made them difficult to cross," Pa-an district KNU chairman Pado Saw Aung Maw Aye told Mizzima.
  “大雨中小溪山洪汹涌而下，缅军携带重装备，使他们难以行进”帕安地区克伦民族联盟主席巴多梭昂茂诶称。
• I saw the opening maw of hell ( Herman Melville)
  我看到地狱张开了无底洞（赫尔曼梅尔维尔）
• 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。
• The agency does not currently have any scientific data that shows there numbers of the fish are falling, it added. Sashimi made from the maw of bluefin tuna cost 300 NT per slice.
  报导又补充，水产厅目前并没有任何科学数据，证明鲔鱼数量正在减少中。黑鲔肚子的生鱼片以片计价，一片三百元。
• 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。
• The war swallowed up many young men into its maw.
  战争把许多青年男子吞进了它的无底洞。
• 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。