Mouthpiece

(noun.) the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly.

(noun.) the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth.

(noun.) an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks.

(noun.) (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth.

(noun.) a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person; 'the mouthpiece of a respirator'.

(noun.) a spokesperson (as a lawyer).

欧文录入

• It is a mere toss up whether I shall ever do more than keep myself decently, unless I choose to sell myself as a mere pen and a mouthpiece. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The mouthpiece A had adjacent to the cylinder a flexible diaphragm carrying a little point or stylus which bore against the tin foil on the cylinder. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This mouthpiece had a diaphragm and stylus similar to the other one, only more delicately constructed. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• A diaphragm of soft iron is shown at D, and E is the mouthpiece. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The smoke had a vile taste, and the taste of a thousand infidel tongues that remained on that brass mouthpiece was viler still. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In the oboe (Fig. 189, 2) the vibrating air column is set into motion by means of two thin pieces of wood or metal placed in the mouthpiece of the tube. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• I wonder how many real amber mouthpieces there are in London? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• They were long narrow cigarettes with pasteboard cylinders for mouthpieces. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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