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mince 音标拼音: [m'ɪns] n. 切碎物
vt. 切碎,矫揉做作地说 vi. 碎步走,装腔作势 切碎物切碎,矫揉做作地说碎步走,装腔作势 mince n 1: food chopped into small bits; "a mince of mushrooms" v 1: make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears" [synonym: {mince}, {soften}, {moderate}] 2: walk daintily; "She minced down the street" 3: cut into small pieces; "mince the garlic" Mince \Mince\, v. i. 1. To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner. [1913 Webster] The daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, . . . mincing as they go. --Is. iii. 16. [1913 Webster] I 'll . . . turn two mincing steps Into a manly stride. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner. [1913 Webster] Mince \Mince\ (m[i^]ns), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Minced} (m[i^]nst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Minging} (m[i^]n"s[i^]ng).] [AS. minsian to grow less, dwindle, fr. min small; akin to G. minder less, Goth. minniza less, mins less, adv., L. minor, adj. (cf. {Minor}); or more likely fr. F. mincer to mince, prob. from (assumed) LL. minutiare. [root]101. See {Minish}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of; as, he doesn't mince words. [1913 Webster] I know no ways to mince it in love, but directly to say -- "I love you." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Siren, now mince the sin, And mollify damnation with a phrase. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] If, to mince his meaning, I had either omitted some part of what he said, or taken from the strength of his expression, I certainly had wronged him. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To affect; to make a parade of. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Mince \Mince\, n. A short, precise step; an affected manner. [1913 Webster] 152 Moby Thesaurus words for "mince": allow for, amble, aspic, atomize, barbecue, barge, boiled meat, bouilli, bowl along, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, bridle, bundle, civet, clump, color, crash, croak, crunch, crush, cut to pieces, demolish, diffuse, diminish, disperse, disrupt, drag, drawl, droop, ease, extenuate, fission, flesh, flounce, foot, footslog, forcemeat, fragment, gait, gallop, game, gloss over, grind, hachis, halt, hash, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, ignore, jerky, jog, joint, jolt, jugged hare, jump, lessen, limp, lisp, lock step, lumber, lunge, lurch, make allowance for, make mincemeat of, meat, menue viande, mince it, mincing steps, mitigate, pace, paddle, palliate, peg, pemmican, piaffe, piaffer, plod, pot roast, prance, prink, pulverize, quaver, rack, roast, roll, sashay, saunter, sausage meat, scatter, scrapple, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shake, shamble, shatter, shiver, shuffle, sidle, simper, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slowness, slur over, smash, smash up, smirk, soft-pedal, soften, splinter, squash, squish, stagger, stalk, stamp, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump, swagger, swing, talk incoherently, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, tread, trip, trot, trudge, varnish, velocity, venison, viande, waddle, walk, wamble, whitewash, wiggle, wobble
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