mew

mew1
verb
  1. [no obj.](of a cat or some kinds of bird) make a characteristic high-pitched crying noise
    （猫，某些鸟）咪咪叫，喵喵叫
    a throng of cats and kittens mewing to be fed.
    一群喵喵待喂的大小锚。
    [as noun mewing]the mewing of gulls.
    海鸥的喵喵叫声。
noun
  1. the high-pitched crying noise made by a cat or bird
    咪，喵（猫或鸟叫声）
    a kitten's mew.
    小猫的咪咪叫声。
语源
  1. Middle English: imitative
mew2
(Falconry)(猎鹰)
noun
  1. (一般作mews)a cage or building for trained hawks, especially while they are moulting
    （尤指换毛时用的）鹰笼；鹰棚
verb
  1. [no obj.](especially of a trained hawk) moult
    （尤指有训练的鹰）换羽；脱毛
  2. [with obj.]confine (a trained hawk) to a cage or building at the time of moulting
    （尤指换羽期）把（有训练的鹰）关入笼中
    ■(figurative)confine in a restricting place or situation
    (喻)禁闭；关起
    a lovely wife mewed up in an Oxfordshire farmhouse.
    被关在牛津郡农舍中的漂亮太太。
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French mue, from muer 'to moult', from Latin mutare 'to change'
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