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

• Swallowed up in the maw of battle.
  在一场战役中被吞噬。
• None of you will bid the winter come To thrust his icy fingers in my maw;
  你们之中谁也不会去把冬天叫来，让它把冰冷的手指探进我的喉咙；
• I'm not a worm in your maw.
  我不是你肚子里的蛔虫。
• However, my friend simply could not see someone brave the rough maw of a New York subway without trying to help.
  然而我朋友就是不能眼看着有人在纽约地铁独入是非之地而置之不顾。
• Had it been a well wolf, it would not have mattered so much to the man; but the thought of going to feed the maw of that loathsome and all but dead thing was repugnant to him.
  如果这是头健康的狼，他也觉得没什么；可是一想到自己要葬身狼腹，尤其是眼前这头令人作恶、病怏怏的饿狼，他就觉得非常厌恶。
• It became apparent that Japanese promises of independence were merely a sham and that Ba Maw was just a puppet.
  很明显日本所承诺的缅甸的独立仅是一个幌子，巴莫只是一个傀儡。
• 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）
• I'm gonna cook me up some chitterlings and hog maw.
  我要自己煮个猪肠跟猪肚来吃。
• You rush headlong into the maw of madness!
  你们正在向着疯狂的血盆大口奔跑！
• Now to widespread adopt continuous MAW ( merge arc welding) method produces spire steel tube.
  目前普遍采用连续成型、埋弧焊接的方法制造螺旋钢管。