slack-jawed
英 [ˌslækˈdʒɔːd]
美 [ˌslækˈdʒɑːd]
- adj. 目瞪口呆的；发呆的
英语词源
- slack-jawed (adj.)
- 1882, "over-talkative," from slack-jaw (n.) "impertinent language" (1797), from slack (adj.) + jaw (n.). Meaning "open-mouthed and speechless" from astonishment, stupidity, etc., is from 1905.
权威例句
- 1. Many publishers have simply become far too slack.
- 许多出版商就是变得过于懈怠了。
- 2. The boy's jaw went slack.
- 男孩张大了嘴巴。
- 3. She was staring into space, her mouth slack.
- 她双唇微张，失神地望着前方。
- 4. Slack off those ropes there ; there's a storm coming!
- 把那里的绳索放松, 暴风雨就要来了!
- 5. Please slack up your speed. I can't run as fast as you!
- 请你跑慢点! 我跑得没你快.