mews: [14] In former times, a mew was a place where trained falcons were kept (etymologically the word means ‘moulting-place’; it came from Old French mue, a derivative of muer ‘moult’, which was descended from Latin mūtāre ‘change’). In the latter part of the 14th century the Royal Mews were built in London on the site of what is now Trafalgar Square, to house the royal hawks.
By Henry VII’s time they were being used as stables, and from at least the early 17th century the term mews was used for ‘stabling around an open yard’. The modern application to a ‘street of former stables converted to human dwellings’ dates from the early 19th century. => moult, mutate
mews (n.)
"stables grouped around an open yard," 1630s, from Mewes, name of the royal stables at Charing Cross, built 1534 on the site of the former royal mews (attested from late 14c.), where the king's hawks were kept (see mew (n.2)). Extended by 1805 to "street of former stables converted to human habitations."
双语例句
1. The house is in a secluded mews.
这座房子坐落在一个偏僻的院子里。
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2. I am much distressed to hear the mews of your wife's death.
听到你妻子去世的消息我很难过.
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3. The mews of their arrest brought angry tears to his eyes.
他们被捕的消息使他流下了愤怒的眼泪.
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4. I will tell him the mews as soon as I see him.
我一看见他,就告诉他这个消息.
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5. I am afraid I can not care less about the mews.