mince

• vt.切碎；矫揉做作地说
• vi.装腔作势；碎步走
• n.切碎物，肉馅

来自古法语mincier,使成碎片，来自拉丁语minutus,小的，词源同minute,minus.引申词义绞肉，后用于形容人的装模作样，矫揉造作。

mince

mince: [14] Etymologically, to mince something is to make it extremely ‘small’. The word comes via Old French mincier from Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre, a derivative of Latin minūtia ‘small thing’. This in turn was based on minūtus ‘small’, source of English minute.=> minute

mince (v.)

late 14c., "to chop in little pieces," from Old French mincier "make into small pieces," from Vulgar Latin *minutiare "make small," from Late Latin minutiæ "small bits," from Latin minutus "small" (see minute (adj.)). Of speech, "to clip affectedly in imitation of elegance," 1540s; of words or language, "to restrain in the interest of decorum," 1590s. Meaning "to walk with short or precise steps" is from 1560s. Related: Minced; mincing.

mince (n.)

"minced meat," 1850; see mincemeat.

1. The doctors didn't mince their words, and predicted the worst.

医生直言相告，并做了最坏的预测。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Brown the mince in a frying pan.

在煎锅里把肉末煎至棕色。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Would you like me to mince the meat for you?

你要我替你把肉切碎 吗 ?

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Don't mince matters , but speak plainly.

不要含糊其词, 有话就直说吧.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. Mince the meat and the onion.

把肉和洋葱剁碎吧.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》