"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 m?w, 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).
雙語例句
1. We heard the mew of a cat.
我們聽到貓叫聲.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The tiny kitten approached the enormous bear and let out a purr and a mew.
那貓卻走近體大腰圓的灰熊,沖它“喵嗚“,“喵嗚“地叫著.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. I hop you are all geared up for the mew sales campaign.
我希望你們都為新的銷售活動做好準備.
來自辭典例句
4. It is a mew invention which had its first practical workout in 1955.