mum
英 [mʌm]
美 [mʌm]
n. 妈妈; 妈
adj. 沉默的，无言的
复数：mums
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1110 / COCA.14080
习惯用语
adj.
- keep mum
- 缄口不言；保持沉默
to say nothing about sth; to stay quiet - He kept mum about what he'd seen.
他对他所看到的只字不说。 mum's the word! - （提醒别人保守秘密）不要外传
used to tell sb to say nothing about sth and keep it secret
牛津词典
noun
- 妈妈；妈
a mother- My mum says I can't go.
我妈说我不能去。 - Happy Birthday, Mum.
妈妈，生日快乐！ - A lot of mums and dads have the same worries.
许多父母都有同样的担忧。
- My mum says I can't go.
adj.
adj.
柯林斯词典
- N-FAMILY 妈妈
Yourmumis your mother.- He misses his mum...
他想念他的妈妈。 - Mum and Dad are coming for lunch...
爸爸和妈妈要来吃午饭。 - Don't worry, Mum...
妈妈，别担心。 - You're about to become a mum.
你要当妈妈了。
- He misses his mum...
- PHRASE 保守秘密;闭口不谈
If youkeep mumorstay mumabout something, you do not tell anyone about it.- He is keeping mum about his feelings on the matter.
他闭口不谈他对此事的个人感受。
- He is keeping mum about his feelings on the matter.
in AM, usually use 美国英语用 mom
英英释义
noun
- secrecy
- mum's the word
- informal terms for a mother
- of China
adj
- failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to
- the witness remained silent
双语例句
- Say what you like about them, but they did love their Mum.
随你怎么说，但他们确实爱自己的妈妈。 - My mum would've loved one of us to go to college.
妈妈非常希望我们中的一个能上大学。 - I've asked Mum to sit for us next Saturday.
我已经拜托妈妈下周六为我们临时照看一下孩子。 - 'Mum thinks I should stop imposing on your hospitality, Leo,' said Grace.
“利奥，我妈妈觉得我不应该再在这儿麻烦你了，”格雷丝说。 - My mum is turning into a religious maniac.
我妈妈正在变为一个宗教狂热分子。 - Mum and Dad are coming for lunch
爸爸和妈妈要来吃午饭。 - I shouldn't grumble about Mum — she's lovely really
我不该抱怨妈妈——她真的很好。 - She could have made the sandwich herself; her mum needn't have bothered to do anything
她本来可以自己做三明治的；她妈妈原本不必费心做任何事情。 - I was a stay-at-home mum until 1980 when my husband lost his job.
1980年我丈夫失业之前，我一直是个家庭主妇。 - Mum and Dad live apart.
妈妈和爸爸分居。