mitch

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To pilfer; filch; steal. dialectal,transitive
  2. To shrink or retire from view; lurk out of sight; skulk. dialectal,intransitive
  3. To be absent from (school) without a valid excuse; to play truant, to skive off. Ireland,Wales,ambitransitive
    — "Did you ever mitch school?" he asked. "No. But I think this is what it would feel like."
  4. To grumble secretly. dialectal,intransitive
  5. To pretend poverty. dialectal,intransitive

词形变化

mitches present,singular,third-person mitching participle,present mitched participle,past mitched past mich alternative mych alternative myche alternative meech alternative meach alternative miche alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
go on the mitch mitcher mitchery mitching

词源

From Middle English mychen, müchen (“to rob, steal, pilfer”), from Old English *mȳċan (“to steal”), from Proto-West Germanic *mūkijan, from Proto-Germanic *mūkijaną (“to waylay, ambush, hide, rob”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mewg- (“swindler, thief”). Cognate with Scots mich, myche (“to steal”), Saterland Frisian mogeln (“to act secretively and deceitfully”), Dutch mokkelen (“to flatter”), Alemannic German mauchen (“to nibble secretively”), German mogeln (“to cheat”), German meucheln (“to assassinate”), Norwegian i mugg (“in secret, secretly”), Latin muger (“cheater”). Related to mooch.
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