Old English maga "stomach" (of men and animals; in Modern English only of animals unless insultingly), from Proto-Germanic *magon "bag, stomach" (cognates: Old Frisian maga, Old Norse magi, Danish mave, Middle Dutch maghe, Dutch maag, Old High German mago, German Magen "stomach"), from PIE *mak- "leather bag" (cognates: Welsh megin "bellows," Lithuanian makas, Old Church Slavonic mošina "bag, pouch"). Meaning "throat, gullet" is from 1520s. Metaphoric of voracity from late 14c.
maw 双语例句
1. 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.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. Whut'll happen ter Maw an'Poke?
啊,上帝,思嘉小姐!
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3. He felt the maw heavy and slippery in his hands and he slit it open.
他觉得鱼胃在手里重甸甸、滑溜溜的,就把它剖开来.
来自英汉文学 - 老人与海
4. Sea cucumber, maw, squid must be made transparent to the soft.
海参 、 鱼肚 、 鱿鱼均必须发透至软.
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5. Entire stars can be stripped and pulled into the bottomless maw.