maw

英 [mɔː]

美 [mɔː]

n. 无底洞; 吞噬一切的深渊; (动物的)胃，咽喉

复数：maws　

BNC.34365 / COCA.20963

牛津词典

noun

无底洞；吞噬一切的深渊
something that seems like a big mouth that swallows things up completely
（动物的）胃，咽喉
an animal's stomach or throat

N-COUNT (吞噬周围一切的)大嘴,大洞
If you describe something as amaw, you mean that it is like a big open mouth which swallows everything near it.
1. ...helping to chop wood to feed the red maw of the stove.
  帮忙把木头劈开，丢进炉子的大肚子里

noun

The war swallowed up many young men into its maw.
战争把许多青年男子吞进了它的无底洞。
I saw the opening maw of hell ( Herman Melville)
我看到地狱张开了无底洞（赫尔曼梅尔维尔）
However, my friend simply could not see someone brave the rough maw of a New York subway without trying to help.
然而我朋友就是不能眼看着有人在纽约地铁独入是非之地而置之不顾。
This Lion will trample the Boar under foot and terrify it with its open maw.
狮子会用足底踩踏野猪，用张开的胃恐吓它。
Swallowed up in the maw of battle.
在一场战役中被吞噬。
I'm gonna cook me up some chitterlings and hog maw.
我要自己煮个猪肠跟猪肚来吃。
Not to worry, chirps Linda. That's just Satan's hungry maw.
用不着担心，琳达吭声说，只是撒旦饥饿的胃罢了。
Maw and Meggins had a big factory and Herbert White worked there on the machinery.
莫和麦金森有一个大工厂，赫伯特·怀特在那儿作机器操作工。
This VIP card is valid at all Mandarin Fish Maw outlets and counters in Hong Kong.
此咭适用于任何香港文华花胶专门店之分店及专柜。
After he had rested, he cut fillets from the dolphin and kept also the two flying fish he found in its maw.
休息一会之后，他切下几片海豚肉并且把在海豚胃中发现的两条飞鱼留了下来。