英语词汇“mim-mouthed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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mim-mouthed

mim-mouthed adj. silent, reserved, reticent, esp. affectedly so; prim, meek, or effete in speech or (in extended use) behaviour.

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1721 A. Ramsay Lucky Spence iii O Black-ey'd Bess, and mim mou'd Meg, O'er good to work or yet to beg.

1820 Smugglers I. xiii. 164 I'm no for being mim mou'd when there's no reason; but a man had as gude, whiles, cast a knot on his tongue.

1914 County Folk-lore VII. 391 Mim-mou'ed maidens never get a man; muckle-mou'ed maids get twa.

1997 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 20 Apr. His work with Aberdeen was even more astonishing. He took a mim-mouthed club, and made them predators feared throughout Europe.

extracted from mimadj.adv.

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单词	mim-mouthed
释义	> as lemmas mim-mouthed mim-mouthed adj. silent, reserved, reticent, esp. affectedly so; prim, meek, or effete in speech or (in extended use) behaviour. ΚΠ 1721 A. Ramsay Lucky Spence iii O Black-ey'd Bess, and mim mou'd Meg, O'er good to work or yet to beg. 1820 Smugglers I. xiii. 164 I'm no for being mim mou'd when there's no reason; but a man had as gude, whiles, cast a knot on his tongue. 1914 County Folk-lore VII. 391 Mim-mou'ed maidens never get a man; muckle-mou'ed maids get twa. 1997 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 20 Apr. His work with Aberdeen was even more astonishing. He took a mim-mouthed club, and made them predators feared throughout Europe. extracted from mimadj.adv. < as lemmas
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