Mince



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解释

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• v. 切碎; 小步走路
• ［英］ v. 切碎 ( to chop into very small pieces) ; 小步走路 ( to move with short, affected steps)
• ［记］ min ( 小) +ce -> 切小, 切碎 -> 小步走
• ［同］ 参考: minute ( 微小的) ; minutia ( 细微末节)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (minced; mincing)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French mincer, from Vulgar Latin *minutiare, from Latin minutia smallness — more at minutia
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to cut or chop into very small pieces
    • b. to subdivide minutely; especially to damage by cutting up
  • 2. to utter or pronounce with affectation
  • 3.
    • a. archaic minimize
    • b. to restrain (words) within the bounds of decorum
• intransitive verb
  • to walk with short steps in a prim affected manner
• ? mincer noun

II. noun

• Date: 1600
• 1. small chopped bits (as of food); specifically mincemeat
• 2. British hamburger 1a

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