with obj.
1
- often as adj. minced cut up or grind (food, especially meat) into very small pieces, typically in a machine with revolving blades切碎（食品, 尤指肉）, 剁碎, 切细; （尤指用绞肉机）绞碎：
minced beef.
牛肉糜。
2
- no obj., with adverbial of direction walk with an affected delicacy or fastidiousness, typically with short quick steps走碎步, 忸怩作态地走：
there were plenty of secretaries mincing about.
有好多秘书扭扭捏捏地在四处走来走去。
短语
mince matters
- usu. with negative dated use polite or moderate expressions to indicate disapproval〈旧〉［表不满］吞吞吐吐, 含糊其辞。
not mince words （或one's words）
- speak candidly and directly, especially when criticizing someone or something直言不讳。
派生词
mincer
nounmincingly
adverb （限义项2）词源
late Middle English: from Old French mincier, based on Latin minutia 'smallness'.