| 单词 | mew |
| 释义 | mew mew1 /myooh/, n. 1. the tiny, high-pitched sound a cat or kitten makes. 2. the characteristic sound a gull makes. v.i. 3. to make a mew or emit a similar sound. [1275-1325; ME meuen; imit.] mew2 /myooh/, n. a small gull, Larus canus, of Eurasia and northwestern North America. Also called mew gull. [bef. 900; ME; OE maewe; c. G Müwe] mew3 /myooh/, n. 1. a cage for hawks, esp. while molting. 2. a pen in which poultry is fattened. 3. a place of retirement or concealment. 4. mews, (usually used with a sing. v.) Chiefly Brit. a. (formerly) an area of stables built around a small street. b. a street having small apartments converted from such stables. v.t. 5. Archaic. to shut up in or as in a mew; confine; conceal (often fol. by up). [1325-75; ME mue < MF, akin to muer to molt. See MEW4] mew4 —mewer, n. /myooh/, v.t. , v.i. to shed (feathers); to molt. [1325-75; ME mewen < OF muer to molt < L mutare to change] |
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