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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mum \Mum\, a. [Of imitative origin. Cf. {Mumble}.]
Silent; not speaking. --Thackeray.
The citizens are mum, and speak not a word. --Shak.
Mum \Mum\, interj.
Be silent! Hush!
Mum, then, and no more. --Shak.
Mum \Mum\, n.
Silence. [R.] --Hudibras.
Mum \Mum\, n. [G. mummere, fr. Christian Mumme, who first brewed
it in 1492.]
A sort of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.
--Addison.
The clamorous crowd is hushed with mugs of mum. --Pope.
資料來源 : WordNet®
mum
adj : failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the
witness remained silent" [syn: {silent}]
[also: {mumming}, {mummed}]
mum
n 1: of China [syn: {florist's chrysanthemum}, {florists'
chrysanthemum}, {Dendranthema grandifloruom}, {Chrysanthemum
morifolium}]
2: informal terms for a mother [syn: {ma}, {mama}, {mamma}, {mom},
{momma}, {mommy}, {mammy}, {mummy}, {mater}]
3: secrecy; "mum's the word"
[also: {mumming}, {mummed}]