mouthful
noun
uk/ˈmaʊθ.fʊl/us/ˈmaʊθ.fʊl/mouthfulnoun(AMOUNT)
[C]
anamountoffoodordrinkthatfillsyourmouth, or that you put intoyourmouthat onetime:
满口;一口He onlyatea few mouthfuls ofmeat.他只吃了几口肉。
Food - general words
- aliment
- bed
- box scheme
- carb
- carbohydrate
- cep
- delicacy
- eats
- farm box
- fast food
- fayre
- food
- grub
- non-food
- nosh
- perishables
- portion
- produce box
- sustenance
- whole food
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Measuring & weighing
mouthfulnoun(WORD)
[S]informal
a word or phrase that isdifficulttopronounceor that has a lot ofsyllables:
冗长而拗口的词(或词组),难读的词(或词组)I've always called myself Henny because it's less of a mouthful than Henrietta.我总是叫自己“亨尼”,因为它不像“亨丽埃塔”那么拗口。
Ways of speaking
- accented
- accentuation
- bray
- cacoepy
- cut glass
- dialectal
- drawl
- elocution
- enunciate
- flap
- fluent
- jawbreaker
- plummy
- pragmatics
- pronunciation
- prosodic
- prosody
- signer
- sociolect
- toned
Idiom
give someone a mouthful