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词汇 maw
释义 maw
noun[ C ]
 literaryuk /mɔː/ us /mɑː/
the mouth of a fierce (= frightening) animal: (凶猛动物的)口部,嘴巴
the lion's maw狮子的嘴
something that seems to surround and absorb everything near it: 无底洞,深渊
She fears that the matter will simply be swallowed up by the maw of bureaucracy.她害怕这件事只会被官僚体制的无底洞所吞没。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

The head & neck of non-human animals
antler
beak
bill
cockscomb
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crop
dewlap
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jaw
muley
neck
nose
pouch
proboscis
sucker
tufted
wattle

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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing

Examples of maw


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It is generally used for all unwanted household bric-a-brac and practically all the detritus of modern civilization goes down its maw.
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What it is doing is seeking to stop them from coercing the independent shipbuilders from being swept into the maw of the public sector.
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I have been living in that maw myself for some years and have found the rule tolerant, enlightened and undictatorial.
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It is almost impossible to keep public money out of the rapacious maw of the insatiable landlord.
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We believe that this small subsidy will have disappeared into the maw of inflation by the end of one year.
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They fear that if he comes back they, in turn, will be swept into the maw of nationalisation.
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On top of all that, the maw of the investigatory process are quite insatiable.
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I think more than half of the £800,000,000 odd of our national revenue is required to be poured into the rapacious maw of the moneylender.
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So, without repertory, how can young theatre professionals gain experience before being thrown into the all-consuming maw of television?
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Inevitably, over the years it would end up in the maw of the bookies.
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It simply goes to the devouring maw of incompetency.
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If war comes, how many will perish in its maw?
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This is because the whole thing has moved into that vast maw known as the public sector.
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As they bring more and more into the maw of politics, people will get more fed up with political interference in industry.
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We were to pay huge sums to the maw of the common agricultural policy and gain from the regional fund.
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