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单词 miniver
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Definition of miniver in English:

miniver

noun ˈmɪnɪvəˈmɪnəvər
mass noun
  • Plain white fur used for lining or trimming clothes.

    the doctor's miniver-trimmed hat
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A fifteenth-century observer described artist's brushes made of miniver fur mounted in quill handles.
    • He had no light-weight mantle, only the green one trimmed with gold wire and lined with miniver.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French menu vair 'little vair', from menu 'little' + vair 'squirrel fur' (see vair).

Rhymes

Nineveh
 
 

Definition of miniver in US English:

miniver

nounˈminəvərˈmɪnəvər
  • Plain white fur used for lining or trimming clothes.

    the doctor's miniver-trimmed hat
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A fifteenth-century observer described artist's brushes made of miniver fur mounted in quill handles.
    • He had no light-weight mantle, only the green one trimmed with gold wire and lined with miniver.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French menu vair ‘little vair’, from menu ‘little’ + vair ‘squirrel fur’ (see vair).

 
 
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