| 释义 |
mm, m'm|(ə)m|
Also mm-m, (rare) mn.
[Imit.]
Used to express a hesitating or inarticulate utterance of interrogation, assent, reflection, or satisfaction on the part of a speaker. Cf. um int.
1922Joyce Ulysses 56 A sleepy soft grunt answered:—Mn. 1924Dialect Notes V. 273 M-: —, — -m. 1966G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising xxii. 197 By tomorrow they'll [sc. sandwiches] lose not a single ‘M'm’ of flavoursome moisture! 1967Boston Herald 8 May 24/4 (caption) Mm... Another dud, but not bad for a dull movie. 1967Listener 21 Sept. 367/2 Restraint is unnatural, mm? 1968[see chase v.1 7 c]. 1974D. Francis Knock Down ii. 21 ‘You'd thought of that, had you?’.. ‘Mm,’ I said. |