mooch

FREQ #35524

vi. 彷徨, 漫步 vt. 偷, 央求, 讨

发音

US /ˈmuːt͡ʃ/
US /ˈmuːt͡ʃ/

词形变化

mooches 复数 mooched mooches 三单 mooches mooching mooching 现在分词 mooched 过去式 mooched 过去分词

别名

mouch

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who mooches; a moocher.

    非正式
  2. 2.

    An aimless stroll.

    英国 非正式

    Jack wouldn't be arriving for another ten minutes, so I had a mooch around the garden.

  3. 1.

    Synonym of Scaramucci (“unit of time”).

    美国 非正式 幽默 俚语 政治
v.
  1. 1.

    To wander around aimlessly, often causing irritation to others.

    非正式

    Near-synonyms: loiter, roam

  2. 2.

    To beg, cadge, or sponge; to exploit or take advantage of others for personal gain.

    非正式
  3. 3.

    To steal or filch.

    非正式 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

cadger moocher scrounger

上位词 2

beggar mendicant

下位词 2

schnorrer shnorrer
动词

同义词 4

bum sponge grub cadge

上位词 1

obtain

下位词 1

freeload

相关短语

mooch off mooch ass grassy ass

词源

From Middle English moochen, mouchen (“to pretend poverty”), from Old French muchier, mucier, mucer (“to skulk, hide, conceal”), from Frankish *mukkjan (“to hide, conceal oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *mukjaną, *mūkōną (“to hide, ambush”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mewgʰ- (“swindler, thief”). Cognate with Old High German mūhhōn (“to store, cache, plunder”), Middle High German muchen, mucken (“to hide, stash”), Middle English müchen, michen (“to rob, steal, pilfer”). More at mitch. Alternate etymology derives mooch from Middle English mucchen (“to hoard, be stingy”, literally “to hide coins in one's nightcap”), from Middle English mucche (“nightcap”), from Middle Dutch mutse (“cap, nightcap”), from Medieval Latin almucia (“nightcap”), of unknown origin, possibly Arabic. More at mutch, amice.

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