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Mince Meat Small   [V Grind Words   [Mainly Brit

英语单词 mince
英美音标 英 [mɪns] 美 [mɪns]
中文释义 n.切碎物;粉碎;肉馅
v.切碎;矫揉做作地说,委婉地说;小步走路
英语例句 (1) She had a hot mince pie for him.
(2) Wash cattlefish, wipe dry and mince then in a meat grinder.
(3) They hunt bats with a net or long poles, and then roast the beasts over charcoal fires or mince them up into a traditional Thai dish.
中文例句 (1) 她给他做了热碎肉馅饼。
(2) 墨鱼肉洗净,抹乾水切碎,放入碎肉机内搅烂。
(3) 村民用网和长竹竿捉蝙蝠,然后放在木炭上烘烤,或将它们切碎放入传统泰国菜中。
vocabulary简明 To mince is to chop into tiny bits. Your favorite soup recipe might include directions to mince four cloves of garlic.
vocabulary扩展 When you dice an onion into very small pieces, you mince it, and when you grind meat very fine to make sausage or mincemeat, you also mince. Another meaning of the verb is to soften, or to express something in a gentle way: "She does mince her words when she talks to shy kindergarteners." The Old French root, mincier, means "make into small pieces," and it comes from the Latin word for "small," minutus.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]肉末;切碎的肉 Mince is meat which has been cut into very small pieces using a machine.
  [mainly BRIT 主英]
  • Brown the mince in a frying pan.

    在煎锅里把肉末煎至棕色。

in AM, use 美国英语用 ground beef, hamburger meat
2
[VERB 动词](用机器)切碎,绞碎,剁碎(肉等) If you mince food such as meat, you put it into a machine which cuts it into very small pieces.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  [mainly BRIT 主英]
  • Perhaps I'll buy lean meat and mince it myself.

    也许我会买点瘦肉自己绞。

  • ...minced beef.

    绞碎的牛肉

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 grind
3
[VERB 动词](尤指同性恋男子)迈着小碎步快走 If you say that someone, especially a homosexual man, minces somewhere, you mean that they walk there with quick small steps.
  [V prep/adv]
  [disapproval]
  • They minced in, in beach costumes and make-up.

    他们穿着沙滩服,化了妆,一扭一摆地进来了。

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[PHRASE 短语]说话转弯抹角;言语婉转 If you say that someone does not mince their words, you mean that they speak in a forceful and direct way, especially when saying something unpleasant to someone.
  [V inflects]
  • 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。

  • Never one to mince words, Carlie told her daughter that her looks were fading.

    卡莉一向心直口快,告诉女儿说她的容颜正在衰老。

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