miff
/mif/US // mɪf //UK // (mɪf) informal //
米夫,密夫,宓妃
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : petulant displeasure; ill humor.
- : a petty quarrel.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to give minor offense to; offend.
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verbannoy
Forms: miffed
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Examples
All the tufts were down flat, and he stood motionless while Mrs Miff retreated.
Mrs Miff fled in deadly silence to her own bedroom, where she locked and bolted herself in.
“Mrs Miff seems to have forgotten us this morning, Dumps,” I remarked, pulling out my watch.
Mr Sownds the beadle is more liberal than Mrs Miff—but then he is not a pew-opener.
A vinegary face has Mrs Miff, and a mortified bonnet, and eke a thirsty soul for sixpences and shillings.
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