| 正面 | 8304.mince 英 [mɪns]美 [mɪns]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. minute => mince.2. Etymologically, to mince something is to make it extremely 'small'.3. It is ultimately from minutus "small".4. => chop in little pieces.vt. 切碎；矫揉做作地说vi. 装腔作势；碎步走n. 切碎物，肉馅 例句： 1. The doctors didn't mince their words, and predicted the worst.医生直言相告，并做了最坏的预测。 mince 绞肉，装模作样来自古法语mincier,使成碎片，来自拉丁语minutus,小的，词源同minute,minus.引申词义绞肉，后用于形容人的装模作样，矫揉造作。 mincemince: [14] Etymologically, to mince something is to make it extremely ‘small’. The word comes via Old French mincier from Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre, a derivative of Latin minūtia ‘small thing’. This in turn was based on minūtus ‘small’, source of English minute.=> minutemince (v.)late 14c., "to chop in little pieces," from Old French mincier "make into small pieces," from Vulgar Latin *minutiare "make small," from Late Latin minutiæ "small bits," from Latin minutus "small" (see minute (adj.)). Of speech, "to clip affectedly in imitation of elegance," 1540s; of words or language, "to restrain in the interest of decorum," 1590s. Meaning "to walk with short or precise steps" is from 1560s. Related: Minced; mincing.mince (n.)"minced meat," 1850; see mincemeat." |