mawk

发音

其它 /mɔːk/

词形变化

mawks 复数 mawks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A maggot.

  2. 2.

    A slattern.

    英国 方言 废旧

词源

From Middle English mawke, moke, a contraction of mathek, maddok, from Old Norse maðkr (“maggot”), a diminutive of a base from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“worm”) (compare Old English maþa), from Proto-Indo-European *mat-, *mot- used in reference to insects and vermin. Cognate with Danish maddike, Swedish mask, archaic English maddock (modern maggot).

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