mum

• adj.
• n. お母さん；沈黙；菊の花
• vi. パントマイムをする
• int.

オノマトペ、口を閉じる、黙る、m-m音を出す。

子ども言葉。

mum

mum: see mummy, mumps

mum (interj.)

"be silent," 1560s, from Middle English mum, mom (late 14c.), inarticulate closed-mouth sound, indicative of unwillingness or inability to speak. As an adjective meaning "secret" from 1520s. Phrase mum's the word is first recorded 1704.

mum (n.1)

abbreviation of chrysanthemum, first attested 1915 in the jargon of gardeners.

mum (n.2)

pet word for "mother," 1823, short for mummy (see mamma). In British sociology, used from 1957 in reference to "the working class mother as an influence in the lives of her children." Also sometimes a vulgar corruption of madam.

1. In some cases there is a mini- mum age limit.

最低年齢制限がある場合があります。

2.She scribbled a note to tell Mum she 'dgone out.

彼女は急いでメモを書いて母に外出していることを伝えた。

3.He is keeping mum about his feelings on the matter.

彼は口を閉じてこのことに対する個人的な気持ちを話さなかった。

4.I 've asked Mum to sit for us next Saturday.

私は母に来週の土曜日に私たちのために一時的に子供の世話をしてほしいと頼んだ。

5.There are plenty of plus points about being an older first-time mum .

少し年を取ってからママになることには多くのメリットがあります。