咥える

くわえる【咥える】

**hold

|他|〖D〗 (物)をくわえて［つかんで］いる

hold a pipe between one's teeth パイプをくわえている

**worry

/wə́ːri｜wʌ́ri/ |他|《正式》(動物が)…をくわえて振り回す， 追いかけ回す；(人が)…をいじくり回す

The puppy was worrying my shoe. 子犬が私の靴をくわえて振り回していた

**mouth

|他|…を口にくわえる［入れる］.

▲The child put some of its fingers in its mouth. その子供は口に指を2， 3本くわえた

speak with a pipe in one's mouth パイプをくわえて話す(＝speak pipe in mouth).

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くわえる【咥える】

take [hold, have] sth in one's mouth [between one's teeth].

●たばこをくわえる put a cigarette in one's mouth

・パイプをくわえて with a pipe between one's teeth [in (the corner of) one's mouth]; pipe in mouth

・指をくわえて with one's finger in one's mouth

・指をくわえて見ている ⇒ゆび 指をくわえる

・体温計を口にくわえる put a thermometer in one's mouth

・バラの花をくわえて踊る dance with a rose in one's mouth [between one's teeth].

●母ギツネがネズミをくわえて巣穴に戻ってきた. The mother fox returned to the den with a mouse in her mouth.