| 单词 | mum |
| 释义 | mum1 /mʌm/ ●●● S1 W2 noun [countable] 1. British EnglishMOTHER mother 妈妈 SYN American English mom2. mum’s the word spokenTELL A SECRET used to tell someone that they must not tell other people about a secret 别声张，不要讲出去，要保密Examples from the Corpusmum• In the vast majority of cases this means giving them a mum and dad.• And for mums with their hands full, there's a trouble-free container.• John, desperate to keep his throne, sticks close to his mum for comfort.• When the last hymn is sung, it's time to join mums and dads over the road at the church.• Now my mum and dad come to just about every concert.• My mum and dad won't mind if you want to stay the night.• Being a single mum is never easy.• A few times I sat down in the kitchen and almost told mum but changed my mind.mum2 adjective keep mum informalTELL A SECRET to not tell anyone about a secret 别声张，要保密Examples from the Corpusmum• Course when I was up there, everything was mum.• The designer and the White House are mum about colors and particulars.• Bush remained mum when the Rev.Origin mum1 1. (1800-1900) → MUMMY 1. 2. (1700-1800) → MUM2 mum2 (1400-1500) From the sound made with closed lipsmum1 nounmum2 adjectiveChinese mother Corpus |
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