"afraid to say what one really thinks," 1570s; first element perhaps from Old English milisc "sweet," from Proto-Germanic *meduz "honey" (see mead (n.1)), which suits the sense, but if the Old English word did not survive long enough to be the source of this, perhaps the first element is from meal (n.2) on notion of the "softness" of ground flour (compare Middle English melishe (adj.) "friable, loose," used of soils).
雙語例句
1. It left a mealy residue.
留下了粉狀殘?jiān)?
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2. A common weed ( Chenopodium album ) having lance - shaped leaves with a mealy surface and small green flowers.
莧一種普通的野草 ( 藜藜屬 ),長有葉面有花斑的長矛 狀 葉子,開有綠色的小花.
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3. Perhaps this may lay to rest the suspicion surrounding the Aardens of red or mealy plumage.
這也許可能說明紅鴿子的出.
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4. The most common problem is the Mealy bug , which feeds on plant sap.
粉蚧是個(gè)常見的問題,它以生石花的汁液為食.
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5. Disease: Aphids, mealy bugs, powdery mildew, fungal leaf spot, stem and root rot if over watered.