mince

英 [mɪns] 美[mɪns]
  • vt. 切碎;矫揉做作地说
  • vi. 装腔作势;碎步走
  • n. 切碎物,肉馅

TEM8GRE低频词常用词汇

词态变化


第三人称单数: minces;过去式: minced;过去分词: minced;现在分词: mincing;

助记提示


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.

中文词源


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。

英文词源


mince
mince: [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.
=> minute
mince (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.

双语例句


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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Brown the mince in a frying pan.
在煎锅里把肉末煎至棕色。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Would you like me to mince the meat for you?
你要我替你把肉切碎 吗 ?

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Don't mince matters , but speak plainly.
不要含糊其词, 有话就直说吧.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. Mince the meat and the onion.
把肉和洋葱剁碎吧.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》