mew
英 [mjuː]
美 [mju]
- n. 海鸥；鹰笼；隐匿处；猫叫声
- vi. 咪咪叫；换羽毛
- vt. 关进笼子
- n. (Mew)人名；(英)缪
mew 猫叫声拟声词，模仿猫的叫声。比较meow.
mew 笼子，鹰笼来自古法语mue,鹰笼，尤指猎鹰换羽毛的地方，来自muer,换羽，来自拉丁语mutare,改变，词源同mutable,molt.
- mew (v.)
- "make a sound like a cat," early 14c., mewen, of imitative origin (compare German miauen, French miauler, Italian miagolare, Spanish maullar, and see meow). Related: Mewed; mewing. As a noun from 1590s.
- mew (n.1)
- "seagull," Old English mæw, from Proto-Germanic *maigwis (cognates: Old Saxon mew, Frisian meau, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German mewe, Dutch meeuw "gull"), imitative of its cry. Old French moue (Modern French mouette) and Lithuanian mevas are Germanic loan-words.
- mew (n.2)
- "cage," c. 1300, from Old French mue "cage for hawks, especially when molting," from muer "to molt," from Latin mutare "to change" (see mutable).
- 1. We heard the mew of a cat.
- 我们听到猫叫声.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The tiny kitten approached the enormous bear and let out a purr and a mew.
- 那猫却走近体大腰圆的灰熊,冲它“喵呜“,“喵呜“地叫着.
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- 3. I hop you are all geared up for the mew sales campaign.
- 我希望你们都为新的销售活动做好准备.
来自辞典例句
- 4. It is a mew invention which had its first practical workout in 1955.
- 这是一项新发明,它于1955年第一次得到实际应用.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Just that I'm going to lose this mew job.
- 只不过我这份新工作要保不住了.
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