mee-maw

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of meemaw, i.e. mamaw (grandmother). alt-of,alternative,informal
    — Well, sometimes mee-maws have things to do, like moms and little girls.
  2. An exaggerated mouthing of a word.
  3. The two-tone wailing of a siren.
    — As the siren screamed it added to the mee-maws, sirens and cacophony of emergency vehicles rushing to the Hyde Park disaster site.
  4. A meaningless utterance.
    — Oh,” said Archie, “many folk would pay half-a-crown to see their mee-maws;” and this saying was overheard by a Papist standing by, who, in reporting the remark, was pleased to observe that she had always considered Archibald Wilson a Christian, and had respected him as such, until she heard him describe the ceremonies of her church as "mee-maws!"
  5. A policeman. Scotland,slang
动词 v.
  1. To silently make exaggerated movements with the mouth so as to be understood in environment with loud noise, such as that of machinery.
    — So we walked round and mee-mawed at one another. (Mee-mawing is mouthing words at each other without making a sound using exaggerated lip movements. This is the name the weavers, who use this technique all the time, give to it.)
  2. To make the two-syllable wailing noise of a siren.
    — It is nasal, screeching, yowling, mee-mawing, wailing—every sound excruciating to ears refined.

词形变化

mee-maws plural mee-maws present,singular,third-person mee-mawing participle,present mee-mawed participle,past mee-mawed past mee-maws plural mee-maws plural mee-maws present,singular,third-person mee-mawing participle,present mee-mawed participle,past mee-mawed past

词源

词源 1
Variant of meemaw (“grandmother”).
词源 2
See meemaw (“to mouth”).
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