| 释义 |
narrow-mouthed, a.
[narrow a. 1.]
1. a. Of vessels: Having a small mouth or opening.
1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iii. ii. 211 As Wine comes out of a narrow-mouth'd bottle. 1629Gaule Pract. The. 33 Because our Vessels are narrow mouthed, and take it in but by drops. 1754–64Smellie Midwifery I. Introd. 8 This assertion he illustrates by the example of an olive in a narrow-mouthed jar. 1844Mem. Babylon. Princ. II. 191, I seized one of the narrow-mouthed vessels used for drinking. 1910W. de la Mare Three Mulla-Mulgars xvi. 247 Sipped slowly from their gurgling, narrow-mouthed bags or bottles. 1967Karch & Buber Offset Processes vi. 248 When mixing solution ‘A’, ‘B’ or ‘C’ it is advisable to use a one gallon, narrow-mouthed bottle.
b. Denoting a form of spade.
1830Cumbld. Farm Rep. 65 in Lib. Usef. Kn., Husb. III, A narrow-mouthed spade (technically called a spit).
†2. Of languages: (See quot.) Obs. rare—1.
1667Phil. Trans. II. 603 Those [languages] that are narrow-mouthed, and require but very slight Motions of the Lips and the other Organs of Speech. |