mumchance

<古><方> adj.& adv.不出声的(地), 不说话的(地)

发音

UK /ˈmʌm.tʃɑːns/
US /ˈmʌm.t͡ʃæns/

词形变化

mumchances 复数 mumchances more mumchance 比较级 most mumchance 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An old game of chance played with cards in silence.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A silent, stupid person.

    可数 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Mute, or not speaking; silent.

    2001, Paula Marshall, Lord Hadleigh's Rebellion, Harlequin (Mills & Boon), 2008, page 124, If he did, he would remain mumchance about that, too.

词源

From Middle English mommen (“mutter, be silent”) and Middle High German mummenschantze (“game of chance as part of a masquerade, mime performance, revel”), from Old French momen (“mask”) and chance (“game of chance”).

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