英语口语学习：与mouth有关的短语

时间：2018-04-19 13:57:06  来源：http://www.pinghe.com  作者：Frank

1 Do not bad mouth me.

别说我坏话。 Mouth在这里做动词，表示“说某人坏话”。例如：I won't bad mouth Jay even if it kills me.打死我也不说杰伊的坏话。

2 I really put my foot in my mouth this time.

Put one’s foot in one’s mouth这个短语的意思是say something embarrassing, make a faux-pas（失言，说错话了）。当你说了不该说的话时，突然发觉你说错话了，就会这么说。例如：“I certainly put my foot in my mouth at the party last night when I asked Mister Brown to say hello to his wife for me. Somehow I’d forgotten that his wife died six months ago.”他说：“我昨晚在聚会上无意中说错了话。我让布朗先生替我向他的太太问好。不知怎么回事，我忘了他太太已经在半年前去世了。”

3 down in the mouth

Down in the mouth是口语，意思是“沮丧、垂头丧气”。 例如：Why do you look so down in the mouth ?（你为什么显得这样消沉?）She gets down in the mouth over the least little thing.（她动不动就情绪低落。）类似的短语还有down in the dumps，也是形容情绪低落。

4 Do not put words in my mouth

这个短语的意思是“替某人说出你觉得他该说的话，把话强加于某人”。I never mentioned going away for a holiday: don't put words into my mouth.（我从来没有提到过去度假：不要把这个话强加于我！）Now you're putting words into my mouth. When did I say anything about moving？(你这是强加于人，我什么时候说过我搬家的事？)

5 word of mouth/by word of mouth

Word of mouth就是我们常说的“口碑”。By word of mouth是指人们经由一传十，十传百的口传方式得知某件事，也就是藉着口耳相传，大家告诉大家的意思。例如：A：This restaurant is so small, but it's always crowded. How did you find out about it?　B：I heard by word of mouth that they had great food.（A：这家餐厅很小，但却始终客满。你是怎么知道这家餐厅的？B：我是藉着人家口耳相传，知道他们卖的东西很好吃的。）

6 mouthpiece

Mouthpiece原意是指（乐器、烟斗等的）嘴儿，衔在嘴中的部分，接近嘴的部分，引申为喉舌、代言人、机关报。例如：The newspaper is the mouthpiece of the government.（这家报纸是政府的机关报。）

7 You took the words right out of my mouth

Take the words right out of one’s mouth意思是“说出了某人想说的话，观点不谋而合”。例如：A: Did you see that girl in our English class. She is really beautiful. B: You took the words right out of my mouth.（A：你看见英语课上那个女孩儿了吗？她可真漂亮。B：我也正想这么说。）

8 left a bad taste in my mouth

Leave a bad taste in one’s mouth这个短语的意思是“留下坏印象”。例如：Her rudeness to the old man left a bad taste in my mouth.（她对那位老人的粗暴态度，给我留下很坏的印象。）此外，leave a nasty taste in one’s mouth也可以表达同样的意思。

9 I had my heart in my mouth

Have/bring one’s heart in one’s mouth是指某事使人非常害怕，就好像心都被提到了嗓子眼。例如：I had my heart in my mouth when the other car ran through the red light and I knew we were about to crash．(当我看到那辆车闯红灯时，我知道我们要撞车了。当时我的心都快跳到嗓子眼了。)表达类似意思的t短语还有：make one's heart leap out of his mouth，one's heart stood still等。

10 running my mouth

Run one’s mouth意思是to talk excessively or foolishly（说得太多，大嘴巴）。在这里作者的意思是他这次说得已经够多了。

词汇注解：

1 embarrassing     

adj.使人尴尬的，令人为难的v.（使）窘迫，（使）局促不安( embarrass的现在分词)

参考例句：

His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing. 听了他讲的笑话，都没人笑一下，真是太尴尬了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

I was in the embarrassing position of having completely forgotten her name. 当时我完全忘记了她的名字，很是尴尬。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 mister     

n.(略作Mr.全称很少用于书面)先生

参考例句：

Mister Smith is my good friend.史密斯先生是我的好朋友。

He styled himself " Mister Clean ".他自称是“清廉先生”。

3 nasty     

adj.令人讨厌的，困难的，恶劣的，下流的

参考例句：

She got a nasty knock on the head when she fell.她跌倒时头部受到严重碰撞。

When this material burns，it flings off a nasty smell.这种物质燃烧时发出一股难闻的气味。

4 leap     

n.跳跃，飞跃，跃进；vi.跳跃，跳过；猛然行动，迅速行动；vt.跃过，使跃过

参考例句：

In the last few years,this art has made a big leap.近几年来，这一艺术有了新的跃进。

Her marriage to John was a leap in the dark.她与约翰结婚是贸然行动。

5 excessively     

ad.过多地，过分地

参考例句：

The doctor advised him not to drink excessively. 医生劝他不要饮酒过度。

He became excessively annoyed at〔with〕 newspaper reports. 他对报纸上的报道极为恼火。