单词 | to say not muff |
释义 | > as lemmasto say not muff In negative contexts: a sound, the slightest noise. Frequently in to say not muff, to say neither muff nor mum and variants: to utter not a sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > lose the voice [verb (intransitive)] > not utter to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275 peacec1395 muffa1500 to put a sock in ita1529 whista1547 to say not muff1652 to hold one's whisht1786 to shut (one's) pan1799 to shut up1840 to hold one's whistc1874 to shut (one's) head, face1876 to wrap up1943 1652 C. B. Stapylton tr. Herodian Imperiall Hist. vi. 45 The drunken guards say not so much as muff. c1681 E. Hickeringill Trimmer vi, in Wks. (1716) I. 388 The slaves never durst mutter since, nor scarce say muff. 1869 J. Hartley Halifax Clock Almanack 27 As sooin as they pop into th' hive o' St. Stephen's yo niver hear a muff. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) (at cited word) A didn' sey no moor, nayther moof nur moom. 1902 Æ. Binns in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 192/1 [W. Yorkshire] He nivver made a muff all t'time. a1930 in Trans. Yorks. Dial. Soc. (1989) 17 44 Nut a muff. < as lemmas |
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