mews: [14] In former times, a mew was a place where trained falcons were kept (etymologically the word means ‘moulting-place’; it came from Old French mue, a derivative of muer ‘moult’, which was descended from Latin mūtāre ‘change’). In the latter part of the 14th century the Royal Mews were built in London on the site of what is now Trafalgar Square, to house the royal hawks.
By Henry VII’s time they were being used as stables, and from at least the early 17th century the term mews was used for ‘stabling around an open yard’. The modern application to a ‘street of former stables converted to human dwellings’ dates from the early 19th century. => moult, mutate
mews (n.)
"stables grouped around an open yard," 1630s, from Mewes, name of the royal stables at Charing Cross, built 1534 on the site of the former royal mews (attested from late 14c.), where the king's hawks were kept (see mew (n.2)). Extended by 1805 to "street of former stables converted to human habitations."
雙語例句
1. The house is in a secluded mews.
這座房子坐落在一個偏僻的院子里。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I am much distressed to hear the mews of your wife's death.
聽到你妻子去世的消息我很難過.
來自互聯網
3. The mews of their arrest brought angry tears to his eyes.
他們被捕的消息使他流下了憤怒的眼淚.
來自互聯網
4. I will tell him the mews as soon as I see him.
我一看見他,就告訴他這個消息.
來自互聯網
5. I am afraid I can not care less about the mews.