also mawkin, "a slattern; woman of the lower classes," late 13c., from fem. proper name Malkyn, a diminutive of Mault "Maud" (see Matilda). Also attested from c. 1200 as the proper name of a female specter. Sense of "untidy woman" led to meaning "mop, bundle of rags on a stick" (used to clean ovens, artillery pieces, etc.), c. 1400.
MALKINTRASH. One in dismal garb. [Grose, "Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," London, 1785]
Attested as the name of a cat since 1670s (perhaps earlier as Grimalkin, 16c.); compare Serbo-Croatian mačka "cat," originally a pet-name form of Maria. Also used in Scotland and northern England as the name of a hare (1724).
双语例句
1. Mrs. Malkin , will you excuse us for a moment , please.
Malkin夫人, 可否失陪一下?
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2. And under that name Malkin's own sister gone to her death.
由于这个名字,马尔金的姐姐惨遭屠杀.
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3. Now Draco Malfoy, in Madam Malkin's the first time: " a boy with a pale, pointed face. "
再看德拉科?马尔福第一次出现在摩金夫人的店里: “ 一个面色苍白, 瘦削的年轻人. ”
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4. Now, as night fell on Buenos Aires, agent Peter Malkin stood in the shadows, waiting.
