| 单词 | mau-mau |
| 释义 | mau-mau mau-mau AHD: [mou“mou”] D.J. [6ma&7ma&]K.K. [6ma&7ma&]v.tr.Informal （及物动词）【非正式用语】 mau.maued,mau.mau.ing,mau.maus To attack or denounce vociferously, especially so as to intimidate:恐吓：大肆攻击或公然谴责，尤指为达到恫吓目的：“In years past,&I{[the civil rights leadership]} would mau-mau the government or the corporate sector or the white community” (&b{Joseph Perkins})“在过去[民权领袖] ……会公然谴责政府、公司行号或白人小区” (乔瑟夫·伯金斯)语源:1. After the Mau Mau [a secret society of Kikuyu terrorists that led a rebellion against the ruling Europeans in Kenya in the 1950s] After the Mau Mau [a secret society of Kikuyu terrorists that led a rebellion against the ruling Europeans in Kenya in the 1950s] 2. from Kikuyu mau-mau [sound of the voracious gobbling of a hyena] from Kikuyu mau-mau [sound of the voracious gobbling of a hyena] |
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