mince, scalpel, lancet, burr

mince /mɪns/ DJ /mɪns/ KK


verb

1.to cut food, especially meat, into very small pieces using a special machine (= called a mincer) 用絞肉機絞（食物，尤指肉） VN

minced beef 絞碎的牛肉

2.to walk with quick short steps, in a way that is not natural 裝腔作勢地小步快走 V VN + adv./prep. disapproving

He minced over to serve us. 他邁着碎步過來招待我們。

Idiom: not mince (your) words

1.to say something in a direct way even though it might offend other people 毫不隱諱；直言不諱

noun

Variant: ground beef American English; hamburger American English; hamburger meat American English

1.meat, especially beef, that has been finely chopped in a special machine 絞碎的肉，肉末（尤指牛肉） British English uncountable
 
 
scalpel /ˈskælpəl/ DJ /'skælpəl/ KK


1.a small sharp knife used by doctors in medical operations 解剖刀；手術刀 noun
 
 
lancet /ˈlɑːnsɪt/ DJ /ˈlæn-/ DJ US /'lænsɪt/ KK US


1.a knife with a sharp point and two sharp edges, used by doctors for cutting skin and flesh （醫生用的）柳葉刀，小刀 noun
 
 
burr /bɜː(r)/ DJ /bɝ/ KK


noun

1.a strong pronunciation of the ‘r’ sound, typical of some accents in English; an accent with this type of pronunciation 小舌 r 音，顫音 r，帶濃重 r 音的口音（某些英語方言中的典型發音） usually singular

She speaks with a soft West Country burr. 她說話帶有一種西部地區濃重 r 音的口音。

2.the soft regular noise made by parts of a machine moving quickly （機器部件快速運轉時有規律的）呼呼聲 usually singular

3.the seed container of some plants which is covered in very small hooks that stick to clothes or fur （某些植物）帶芒刺的小果實

Variant: bur