mouthpiece
英 ['maʊθpiːs]
美 ['maʊθpis]
- n. マウスピース; スポークスマン; マウスピース
語源
マウスピース マイク、マウスピース、スポークスパーソン比喩的用法。
英語の語源
- mouthpiece (n.)
- also mouth-piece, 1680s, "casting fitted on an open end of a pipe, etc.," from mouth (n.) + piece (n.). Meaning "piece of a musical instrument that goes in the mouth" is from 1776. Sense of "one who speaks on behalf of others" is from 1805; in the specific sense of "lawyer" it is first found 1857.
例文
- 1. He showed him how to blow into the ivory mouthpiece .
- 彼は彼に象牙吹口楽器の吹奏方法を示した。
- 2.He bellowed information into the mouthpiece of his portable telephone.
- 彼は携帯電話のマイクに向かって一通のメッセージを叫んだ。
- 3.Blake held his handkerchief over the mouthpiece to muffle his voice.
- ブラックはハンカチをマイクに包み、自分の声をはっきり聞こえないようにした。
- 4.He shouted into the mouthpiece .
- 彼は電話マイクに向かって叫んだ。
- 5.Their mouthpiece is the vice-president.
- 彼らの副総裁は彼らの代弁者である。
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