English Dictionary

mouth the words

動詞

直訳 慣用表現

(literally) To mouth words in the sense "to make the actions of speech, without producing sound." / (idiomatic) To speak insincerely.

日本語の意味

（文字通りの意味）発声せずに口だけで言葉の動作を行うこと / （慣用的な意味）口先だけで話す、実際の意思や感情が伴っていない話をすること

She tried to mouth the words of the prayer, but the noise in the crowd made it impossible to hear.

彼女は祈りの間、声を出さずに唇だけで言葉を形にしようとしたが、群衆の騒音で聞き取れなかった。

意味（1）

(literally) To mouth words in the sense "to make the actions of speech, without producing sound."

Indeed, on Dick Clark's madly popular teen-age TV show the various acts never sing at all, but merely mouth the words to their own taped recordings.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) To speak insincerely.

They mouth the words “democracy” and “Americanism”, but they inject in their preachments national hatred, national aggrandizement, and glorification of the fascist dictatorships.

mouths the words （ present singular third-person ）

mouthing the words （ participle present ）

mouthed the words （ participle past ）

mouthed the words （ past ）