mew的词源

英文词源

mew (v.)

"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).

中文词源

mew：猫叫声

拟声词，模仿猫的叫声。比较meow.

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mew：笼子，鹰笼

来自古法语mue,鹰笼，尤指猎鹰换羽毛的地方，来自muer,换羽，来自拉丁语mutare,改变，词源同mutable,molt.