Mincing

(a.) That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety.

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• There's the Mincing Lane establishment, and there's your mother's Academy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I know no language, he said, but my own, and a few words of their mincing Norman. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Simultaneously with this discovery on her part, her father discovered her, and invoked the echoes of Mincing Lane to exclaim 'My gracious me! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Well, what's the use of mincing matters? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I suppose sense in certain quarters; you suppose mincing bread-and-butter nonsense. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Both the Mr. Bludyers of Mincing Lane have settled their fortunes on Fanny Bludyer's little boy. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I used to think that of Mr. Crowse, with his empty face and neat umbrella, and mincing little speeches. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Mr. Sweeting is mincing the slice of roast beef on his plate, and complaining that it is very tough; Mr. Donne says the beer is flat. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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