单词 | to mump and moan |
释义 | > as lemmasto mump and moan c. intransitive. Scottish. To grumble, complain peevishly. Now often in to mump and moan.Quot. 1813 is perhaps a transitive use. ΚΠ 1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 188 Whiles my plaint I mamp an' mummle. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed i, in Tales Crusaders II. 5 These antiquated dames went mumping about with much affected indifference. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Lett. (1901) I. vi. 304 It is better to enjoy a novel than to mump. 1897 R. M. Calder Poems 225 Let them mump an' grieve wha like it. 1962 Banffshire Advertiser 1 Mar. 10/1 A'm seek fed up o' ye mumpin' at ma shuther onywye. 1995 D. McLean Bunker Man 182 I don't want to be someone that just mumps and moans..but honestly Rob, you're driving me to it. < as lemmas |
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