mince
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they mince | |
| he / she / it minces | |
| past simple minced | |
| past participle minced | |
| -ing form mincing |
- (North American English also grind)[transitive] mince something
to cut food, especially meat, into very small pieces using a special machine (called a mincer) 用绞肉机绞（食物，尤指肉） minced beef 绞碎的牛肉
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (disapproving)
to walk with quick short steps, in a way that is not natural 装模作样地小步快走
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French mincier, based on Latin minutia ‘smallness’.
Idioms
not mince (your) words
to say something in a direct way even though it might offend other people 毫不隐讳；直言不讳 They were severely criticized by the chairman, who was not a man to mince his words. 他们受到主席的严厉批评，他不是一个直言不讳的人。 He doesn't mince his words when he talks about his ex-boss. 谈起以前的老板时他毫无顾忌。