mouthpiece

noun
🔊/ˈmaʊθpiːs/
🔊/ˈmaʊθpiːs/
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  1. the part of a phone or radio device that is next to your mouth when you speak(电话的)话筒
    • I could see the referee talking into his mouthpiece.我可以看到裁判对着他的喉舌说话。
    • He put his hand over the mouthpiece and called his wife to the phone.他用手捂住话筒,叫妻子来接电话。
    Topics Phones, email and the internetc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + mouthpiece
    • cover
    • cover up
    • put your hand over
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  2. the part of a musical instrument that you place between your lips(乐器的)吹口
    Topics Musicc2
  3. mouthpiece (of/for somebody) (often disapproving) a person, newspaper, etc. that speaks to represent another person or group of people喉舌;代言人;发言人
    • The newspaper has become the official mouthpiece of the opposition party.这份报纸已经成为反对党的官方喉舌。🔊🔊
    • The Press Secretary serves as the President's mouthpiece.新闻部长担任总统的代言人。🔊🔊
    • The media is controlled by the state and acts as a mouthpiece for the ruling party.媒体由国家控制,是执政党的喉舌。
    Topics TV, radio and newsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • official
    • political
    verb + mouthpiece
    • act as
    • be
    preposition
    • mouthpiece for
    • mouthpiece of
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