mouth

口

顔にある、食べたり話したりするための開口部。

やさしい英語で： The opening in your face that you use to eat and speak.

• Open your mouth, please.
• She covered her mouth when she coughed.
• He had food in his mouth.

よく使う表現： open your mouth, close your mouth, mouth full, mouth of something

河口

川が海や湖、別の川へ流れ込む場所。

やさしい英語で： The place where a river flows into the sea, a lake, or another river.

• We camped near the river mouth.
• A bridge crosses the mouth of the bay’s largest river.
• Sand had collected at the mouth of the stream.

使い方： the mouth of a river (Fishing boats gathered near the mouth of the river.)

類義語： outlet

よく使う表現： river mouth, mouth of something

声を出さずに言う

声を出さず、言葉を言うように唇を動かす。

やさしい英語で： To move your lips to form words without making a sound.

• She mouthed my name.
• He mouthed the words through the window.
• They were mouthing answers to each other.

使い方： mouth something to someone (She mouthed a warning to me.)

よく使う表現： mouth the words, mouth something to someone

口にくわえる

食べずに、唇や歯で物を持ったり触れたりする。

やさしい英語で： To hold or touch something with your lips or teeth without eating it.

• The puppy mouthed my hand gently.
• The baby was mouthing a soft toy.
• A fish mouthed the bait but did not swallow it.

よく使う表現： mouth a toy, mouth the lure, mouth something gently

口にする

あまり考えず、または気持ちを込めずに言葉を言う。

やさしい英語で： To say words, often without much thought or feeling.

• He mouthed a familiar slogan.
• The speaker mouthed promises that nobody believed.
• She kept mouthing the same tired phrases.

類義語： utter, say

よく使う表現： mouth empty promises, mouth a slogan, mouth the words