| 单词 | to go mummering |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go mummering intransitive. To take part in a mumming. Usually in present participle, esp. in to go mummering. Cf. janney n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > mumming > mum [verb (intransitive)] muma1456 guisard1815 mummer1901 guiser1907 janney1964 1901 Christmas Bells (St. John's, Newfoundland) 11/1 At night they went ‘mummering’, or had a dance. 1905 N. Duncan Dr. Grenfell's Parish 136 When the lads and maids decked themselves out in fantastic fashion and went mummering from cottage to cottage. 1967 Bk. Newfoundland IV. 236/2 After a non-stop day outdoors we would dress-up at night and go mummering (or mumming). 1969 L. J. Chiaramonte in H. Halpert & G. M. Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 91 The single male mummer..does not always accept a drink at the houses he mummers in. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。