mumchance

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmʌm.tʃɑːns/    美 /ˈmʌm.t͡ʃæns/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An old game of chance played with cards in silence. countable,uncountable
    — The Taker oꝛ the Verſer is the man muſt play with him, the Cardes are fetch, Mumchance oꝛ Decoy is the game: the firſt wager is Wine, the ſecond two pence in money, from two pence they riſe to a ſhilling, from that to a pound, […]
  2. A silent, stupid person. countable,uncountable
    — I'm not such a mumchance, to be sure, but I've as good a fortune
形容词 adj.
  1. Mute, or not speaking; silent.
    — There is something exceedingly unpleasant in being obliged to answer "No," to a traveller's "Pray, Sir, were you ever abroad?" and to sit mum-chance all the time that he is running over the "grimoire" of outlandish technicalities. For my own part, I am convinced that man is, par excellence, a travelling animal; [...]

词形变化

more mumchance comparative most mumchance superlative mumchances plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English mommen (“mutter, be silent”) and Middle High German mummenschantze (“game of chance as part of a masquerade, mime performance, revel”), from Old French momen (“mask”) and chance (“game of chance”).
词源 2
From Middle English mommen (“mutter, be silent”) and Middle High German mummenschantze (“game of chance as part of a masquerade, mime performance, revel”), from Old French momen (“mask”) and chance (“game of chance”).
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