[often as adj. minced]cut up or grind (food, especially meat) into very small pieces, typically in a machine with revolving blades 切碎(食品,尤指肉),剁碎,切细;(尤指用绞肉机)绞碎 minced beef. 牛肉糜。
[no obj., with adverbial of direction]walk with an affected delicacy or fastidiousness, typically with short quick steps 走碎步,忸怩作态地走 there were plenty of secretaries mincing about. 有好多秘书四处扭来扭去。
noun
[mass noun](chiefly Brit.)minced meat, especially beef (主英)肉糜(尤指细碎牛肉)
常用词组 mince matters
[usu. with negative](dated)use polite or moderate expressions to indicate disapproval (旧)[表不满]吞吞吐吐,含糊其辞
not mince words (或 one's words)
speak candidly and directly, especially when criticizing someone or something 直言不讳
派生 mincer noun mincingly adverb
(限义项2)
语源
late Middle English: from Old French mincier, based on Latin minutia 'smallness'