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单词 maw
释义
maw
noun[C]
literary
uk
/mɔː/us
/mɑː/
themouthof afierce(=frightening)animal:
（凶猛动物的）口部，嘴巴
the lion's maw狮子的嘴
something thatseemstosurroundandabsorbeverything near it:
无底洞，深渊
Shefearsthat thematterwillsimplybeswallowedup by the maw ofbureaucracy.她害怕这件事只会被官僚体制的无底洞所吞没。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
The head & neck of non-human animals
  • antler
  • beak
  • cockscomb
  • comb
  • crested
  • crop
  • dewlap
  • horn
  • horned
  • jaw
  • neck
  • nose
  • pouch
  • proboscis
  • scruff
  • sucker
  • trunk
  • tufted
  • tusk
  • wattle
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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
(Definition ofmawfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmaw

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It is generally used for all unwanted household bric-a-brac and practically all the detritus of modern civilization goes down itsmaw.
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What it is doing is seeking to stop them from coercing the independent shipbuilders from being swept into themawof the public sector.
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I have been living in thatmawmyself for some years and have found the rule tolerant, enlightened and undictatorial.
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It is almost impossible to keep public money out of the rapaciousmawof the insatiable landlord.
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We believe that this small subsidy will have disappeared into themawof inflation by the end of one year.
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They fear that if he comes back they, in turn, will be swept into themawof nationalisation.
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On top of all that, themawof the investigatory process are quite insatiable.
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I think more than half of the £800,000,000 odd of our national revenue is required to be poured into the rapaciousmawof the moneylender.
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So, without repertory, how can young theatre professionals gain experience before being thrown into the all-consumingmawof television?
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Inevitably, over the years it would end up in themawof the bookies.
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It simply goes to the devouringmawof incompetency.
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If war comes, how many will perish in itsmaw?
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This is because the whole thing has moved into that vastmawknown as the public sector.
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As they bring more and more into themawof politics, people will get more fed up with political interference in industry.
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We were to pay huge sums to themawof the common agricultural policy and gain from the regional fund.
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