mum

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Mother. Australia,Canada,India,Ireland,New-England
    — From the Marvel Mixmaster to the Miracle Microwave, every time a new-fangled gadget has lobbed into the Aussie kitchen, Aussie mums have changed their cooking styles accordingly.
  2. A chrysanthemum. US
    — I don't know whether that's true or whether New Yorkers are being enjoined from watering the mums in their window boxes or whatever, but I do know that there hasn't been one rain-delay in the whole tournament so far […].
  3. Silence. obsolete,uncountable
    — Entrust it under solemn Vows / Of Mum and Silence,[…]
  4. A type of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany. uncountable
    — The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum.
  5. Alternative spelling of ma'am. alt-of,alternative,dated,informal
    — “Wy, mum,” said Mr. Weller, “I don’t think you’ll see a many sich, and that’s the truth. But if my son Samivel vould give me my vay, mum, and only dis-pense vith his—might I wenter to say the vurd?” / “What word Mr. Weller?” said the housekeeper, blushing slightly. / “Petticuts, mum,” returned that gentleman, laying his hand upon the garments of his grandson. “If my son Samivel, mum, vould only dis-pense vith these here, you’d see such a alteration in his appearance, as the imagination can’t depicter.”
  6. A decoration traditionally made of chrysanthemums and ribbons, worn by girls at high school homecoming celebrations, marked with indicators such as the wearer's name, school, the year, and so on. US
动词 v.
  1. To act in a pantomime or dumb show.
  2. To silence. UK,obsolete,slang,transitive
    — "Well, Sal, you mum your dubber pretty generally, but when you do slacken your glib you may as well do it civilly."
形容词 adj.
  1. Silent. archaic,colloquial,not-comparable
    — The citizens are mum, and speak not a word.
  2. Secret. colloquial,not-comparable
    — “Come here, friend,” sternly from the doctor. “Now I give you the way inside if you’ll promise to keep it mum.”
感叹词 intj.
  1. stop speaking!, stop talking!, hush!
    — Mum, then, and no more.

词形变化

mums plural mam alternative mom alternative Mom alternative Mum alternative mums plural 'mum alternative mumm alternative,archaic mumm alternative,archaic mums present,singular,third-person mumming participle,present mummed participle,past mummed past mumm alternative,archaic mumm alternative,archaic mums plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
Alternative form of mam, or an abbreviation of mummy. Compare mom, mama.
词源 2
Abbreviation of chrysanthemum.
词源 3
From Middle English mum or mom (“silent”), reminiscent of the sound made when gagged or with a hand over one's mouth. Perhaps related to dated German Mumme (“mask”).
词源 4
From German Mumme.
词源 5
A variant of ma'am.
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