no obj.
- (of a cat or some kinds of bird) make a characteristic high-pitched crying noise（猫, 某些鸟）咪咪叫, 喵喵叫：
a throng of cats and kittens mewing to be fed
一群喵喵待喂的大小锚
as noun mewing the mewing of gulls.海鸥的喵喵叫声。
- the high-pitched crying noise made by a cat or bird咪, 喵（猫或鸟叫声）：
a kitten's mew.
小猫的咪咪叫声。
词源
Middle English: imitative.
Falconry 【猎鹰】
(一般作mews)
- a cage or building for trained hawks, especially while they are moulting（尤指供鹰换毛时用的）鹰笼; 鹰棚。
1
- no obj.(especially of a trained hawk) moult（尤指经训练的鹰）换羽; 脱毛。
2
- with obj. confine (a trained hawk) to a cage or building at the time of moulting（尤指换羽期）把（经训练的鹰）关入笼中。
2.1
- figurative confine in a restricting place or situation〈喻〉禁闭; 关起：
a lovely wife mewed up in an Oxfordshire farmhouse.
被关在牛津郡农舍中的漂亮太太。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French mue, from muer 'to moult'， from Latin mutare 'to change'.