| 单词 | mumbling word |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmumbling word mumbling word n. [now chiefly after the use in the spiritual ‘Crucifixion’ (also called ‘He never said a Mumbling Word’): see quot. 1913] U.S. (originally and chiefly in African-American usage) (in negative contexts) a single word, any word at all. ΚΠ 1913 Crucifixion (song) in N. C. Smith Favorite Folk-melodies 10 They crucified the Son of man! An' He never said a mumble-in' word. 1935 Z. N. Hurston Mules & Men iv. 97 John back under de bed not saying a mumblin' word. 1973 Black World Sept. 73 Some were dry-eyed and some said never a mumbalin word. 1992 R. Kenan Let Dead bury their Dead i. 20 Ellsworth..embraced and kissed him in the shade; Clarence didn't say a mumbling word. < as lemmas |
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