mew
n. 猫叫声, 海鸥 vi. 咪咪叫 n. 鹰笼, 巢, 隐匿处 vt. 关进笼子
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释义与例句
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1.
A gull, seagull.
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A prison, or other place of confinement.
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2.
A hiding place; a secret store or den.
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A breeding-cage for birds.
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4.
A cage for hawks, especially while moulting.
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5.
A building or set of buildings where moulting birds are kept.
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The crying sound of a cat; a meow, especially of a kitten.
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2.
The crying sound of a gull or buzzard.
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3.
An exclamation of disapproval; a boo.
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1.
To shut away, confine, lock up.
古体1693, John Dryden (translator), The Satires of Juvenal, London: Jacob Tonson, Satire 1, p. 10, […] Nay some have learn’d the trick To beg for absent persons; feign them sick, Close mew’d in their Sedans, for fear of air:
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2.
To moult.
The hawk mewed his feathers.
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3.
To cause to moult.
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To shed antlers.
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To meow.
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To make its cry.
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To flatten one's tongue against the roof of the mouth, with the aim of improving jaw and facial structure.
不及物 俚语
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A cat's (especially a kitten's) cry.
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A gull's or buzzard's cry.
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3.
An exclamation of disapproval; boo.
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From Middle English mewe, mowe, meau, from Old English mǣw (“seagull”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiwī, from Proto-Germanic *mai(h)waz (“seagull”). See also West Frisian meau, miuw, Dutch meeuw, German Möwe (whence Polish mewa); akin to Latvian maût (“to roar”), Old Church Slavonic мꙑꙗти (myjati, “to mew”).
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