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milady [milady 词源字典]: "Used to address or refer to an English noblewoman or great lady", Late 18th century: via French from English my lady; compare with milord.[milady etymology, milady origin, 英语词源]
mahout: "(In South and SE Asia) a person who works with and rides an elephant", From Hindi mahāvat.
maxi: "A skirt , coat, or dress reaching to the ankle", 1960s: abbreviation of maximum, on the pattern of mini.
mukluk: "A high, soft boot that is worn in the American Arctic and is traditionally made from sealskin", Mid 19th century: from Yupik maklak 'bearded seal'.
Mr Fixit: "A man who fixes something; especially a man who arranges matters or sets up deals (often illicitly)", 1920s.
mujahideen: "Guerrilla fighters in Islamic countries, especially those who are fighting against non-Muslim forces", From Persian and Arabic mujāhidīn, colloquial plural of mujāhid, denoting a person who fights a jihad.
muckraking: "The action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people", Coined by President Theodore Roosevelt in a speech (1906) alluding to Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and the man with the muck rake.
multisulcate: "Having several or many (parallel) grooves or furrows", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Mayne (1808–1868).
myelinate: "To enclose (a nerve fibre or fibres) in myelin", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Brain: a journal of neurology. From myelin + -ate.
multiculturism: "= multiculturalism", 1970s. From multi- + culture + -ism, after multicultural.
Mesozoa: "With plural concord: a group of minute worms with no body cavity or organs other than reproductive cells, which are internal parasites of marine invertebrates and absorb dissolved nutrients directly from the host's tissues; (also mesozoa) worms of this group collectively", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. From meso- + -zoa, after French Mésozoaires.
melanous: "Designating or having dark hair or skin. Occasionally figurative and in extended use", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in James Prichard (1786–1848), physician and ethnologist. From melano- + -ous.
microbus: "A small passenger vehicle with seats fitted as in a bus; a minibus", 1950s; earliest use found in Cambridge Review: a journal of university life and thought. From micro- + bus.
maieutic: "Of or denoting the Socratic mode of enquiry, which aims to bring a person’s latent ideas into clear consciousness", Mid 17th century: from Greek maieutikos, from maieuesthai 'act as a midwife', from maia 'midwife'.
multifid: "Divided into several or many parts by deep clefts or notches", Mid 18th century: from Latin multifidus, from multus 'much, many' + -fid from fidus 'cleft, split'.
me-tooism: "The practice of adopting or imitating a policy successfully or popularly proposed by a (usually rival) person or party; (more widely) the practice of following a popular trend", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Life. From me too + -ism.
muscovite (1): "A silver-grey form of mica occurring in many rocks", Mid 19th century: from obsolete Muscovy glass (in the same sense) + -ite¹.
Muscovite (2): "A native or citizen of Moscow", From modern Latin Muscovita, from Muscovia (see Muscovy).
macrobian: "Long-lived; relating to the prolongation of life", Late 17th cent.; earliest use found in Peter Motteux (1663–1718), journalist and translator. From ancient Greek μακρόβιος long-lived + -an.
mineral soil: "Soil, or a soil, which has a low proportion of organic material", Mid 18th cent.; earliest use found in Alban Butler (1709–1773), Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer.