English Dictionary

mouthful

名詞

俗語

The amount that will fit in a mouth. / (slang) Quite a bit. / Something difficult to pronounce or say. / A tirade of abusive language.

日本語の意味

口に入る量、口いっぱいに入る分量 / （俗語）かなりの分量、たくさんの量 / 発音しにくい言葉、口にしにくい表現 / 連続する激しい罵倒、激しい悪口

She took a mouthful of soup and smiled.

彼女は一口分のスープを飲んで微笑んだ。

意味（1）

The amount that will fit in a mouth.

He swallowed a mouthful of sea water when he fell in.

意味（2）

(slang) Quite a bit.

“Unquestionably his metabolism is unduly susceptible to stresses resulting from the interaction of external excitations,” he said, and Bobbie patted him on the shoulder in a maternal sort of way, a thing I wouldn't have cared to do myself though our relations were, as I have indicated, more cordial than they had been at one time, and told him he had said a mouthful.

意味（3）

Something difficult to pronounce or say.

“She sells sea shells” is a bit of a mouthful to say.

意味（4）

A tirade of abusive language.

to give someone a mouthful

mouthfuls （ plural ）

mouthsful （ plural ）