maw
英 [m??]
美[m?]
- n. （動物的）胃；嗉囊（鳥的）；（動物的）咽喉
- n. (Maw)人名；(英、緬)莫
暢通詞匯
中文詞源
maw 胃，咽喉，無底洞
來自古英語maga,胃，來自Proto-Germanic*magon,袋子，胃，來自PIE*mak,皮袋。引申詞義咽喉，無底洞。
英文詞源
- maw (n.)
- Old English maga "stomach" (of men and animals; in Modern English only of animals unless insultingly), from Proto-Germanic *magon "bag, stomach" (cognates: Old Frisian maga, Old Norse magi, Danish mave, Middle Dutch maghe, Dutch maag, Old High German mago, German Magen "stomach"), from PIE *mak- "leather bag" (cognates: Welsh megin "bellows," Lithuanian makas, Old Church Slavonic mo?ina "bag, pouch"). Meaning "throat, gullet" is from 1520s. Metaphoric of voracity from late 14c.
雙語例句
- 1. The war swallowed up many young men into its maw.
- 戰爭把許多青年男子吞進了它的無底洞.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. Whut'll happen ter Maw an'Poke?
- 啊,上帝,思嘉小姐!
來自飄（部分）
- 3. He felt the maw heavy and slippery in his hands and he slit it open.
- 他覺得魚胃在手里重甸甸、滑溜溜的,就把它剖開來.
來自英漢文學 - 老人與海
- 4. Sea cucumber, maw, squid must be made transparent to the soft.
- 海參 、 魚肚 、 魷魚均必須發透至軟.
來自互聯網
- 5. Entire stars can be stripped and pulled into the bottomless maw.
- 這個無底洞甚至將整個星球分解后吸入.
來自互聯網