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open-mouthed

/oh-puhn-mouthd, -moutht/US // ˈoʊ pənˈmaʊðd, -ˈmaʊθt //

张口结舌,张口闭口,张口就来,张嘴就来

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the mouth open.
    • : gaping, as with surprise or astonishment.
    • : greedy, ravenous, or rapacious.
    • : clamoring at the sight of game or prey, as hounds.
    • : vociferous or clamorous.
    • : having a wide mouth, as a pitcher or jar.

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Examples

  • When it became too crowded, they moved her into an open casket on the street.

  • Now it can't open on my phone due to what appears to be software incompatibility.

  • Some of them would open up deep splits in core Democratic constituencies.

  • And of course, Rod, being Rod, goes for it a hundred percent; his mouth drops open and he says, ‘What?’

  • Open-carry activists are known for baiting cops into on-camera arguments about the Second Amendment and state laws.

  • Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.

  • Let them open their minds to us, let them put upon permanent record the significance of all their intrigues and manœuvres.

  • The doors (Indian bungalows have hardly any windows, each door being half glass) were open front and back.

  • It was close upon twelve o'clock, and the "Rooms" had been open to the public for two hours.

  • Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.