Mouthpiece
['maʊθpiːs] or ['maʊθpis]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly.
(noun.) the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth.
(noun.) an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks.
(noun.) (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth.
(noun.) a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person; 'the mouthpiece of a respirator'.
(noun.) a spokesperson (as a lawyer).
欧文錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe.
(n.) An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a fluid.
(n.) One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party.
錄入:维维恩
例句/造句/用法:
- It is a mere toss up whether I shall ever do more than keep myself decently, unless I choose to sell myself as a mere pen and a mouthpiece. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The mouthpiece A had adjacent to the cylinder a flexible diaphragm carrying a little point or stylus which bore against the tin foil on the cylinder. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- This mouthpiece had a diaphragm and stylus similar to the other one, only more delicately constructed. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- A diaphragm of soft iron is shown at D, and E is the mouthpiece. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The smoke had a vile taste, and the taste of a thousand infidel tongues that remained on that brass mouthpiece was viler still. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- In the oboe (Fig. 189, 2) the vibrating air column is set into motion by means of two thin pieces of wood or metal placed in the mouthpiece of the tube. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- I wonder how many real amber mouthpieces there are in London? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- They were long narrow cigarettes with pasteboard cylinders for mouthpieces. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
整理:劳拉