"make a sound like a cat," early 14c., mewen, of imitative origin (compare German miauen, French miauler, Italian miagolare, Spanish maullar, and see meow). Related: Mewed; mewing. As a noun from 1590s.
mew (n.1)
"seagull," Old English mæw, from Proto-Germanic *maigwis (cognates: Old Saxon mew, Frisian meau, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German mewe, Dutch meeuw "gull"), imitative of its cry. Old French moue (Modern French mouette) and Lithuanian mevas are Germanic loan-words.
mew (n.2)
"cage," c. 1300, from Old French mue "cage for hawks, especially when molting," from muer "to molt," from Latin mutare "to change" (see mutable).
双语例句
1. We heard the mew of a cat.
我们听到猫叫声.
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2. The tiny kitten approached the enormous bear and let out a purr and a mew.
那猫却走近体大腰圆的灰熊,冲它“喵呜“,“喵呜“地叫着.
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3. I hop you are all geared up for the mew sales campaign.
我希望你们都为新的销售活动做好准备.
来自辞典例句
4. It is a mew invention which had its first practical workout in 1955.