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mau-mau

/mou-mou/US // ˈmaʊˌmaʊ //UK // (ˈmaʊ ˌmaʊ) //

茅茅,茂茂,茅台

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    Slang.

    • : to terrorize, intimidate, or threaten.

Examples

  • The Cairo-based Egyptian Mau Rescue Organization even arranges international adoptions of the majestic meowsers.

  • So this narrative was created: These are the new African American leaders who aren't hung up on the old racial mau-mau stuff, etc.

  • I doubt most Americans have a clue about the Mau Mau Revolution, including me.

  • The problem is that Huckabee talked in the same breath about the Mau Mau Revolution, which happened in Kenya.

  • For sheer courage in standing up to union mau-mauing, she has earned political credit of reckless, even subprime proportions.

  • An elderly woman who occasionally visited us was named Mau-ber-ry, the term by which they distinguish the gurnet from other fish.

  • Next day our train is climbing through dense and beautiful forests to the summit of the Mau Escarpment.

  • And here the storm which had been brooding all the afternoon over the western face of the Mau Escarpment burst upon us.

  • These ledges around Hale-mau-mau are very dangerous to stand upon.

  • Another important masticatory is the tobacco quid with its ingredients of lime and mu-mau juice.