单词 | maw |
释义 | maw maw1 /maw/, n. 1. the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, esp. a carnivorous mammal. 2. the crop or craw of a fowl. 3. the stomach, esp. that of an animal. 4. a cavernous opening that resembles the open jaws of an animal: the gaping maw of hell. 5. the symbolic or theoretical center of a voracious hunger or appetite of any kind: the ravenous maw of Death. [bef. 900; ME mawe, OE maga; c. D maag, G Magen, ON magi] maw2 /maw/, n. Informal. mother. [var. of MA] |
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