资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mumm \Mumm\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Mumming}.] [D. mimmen to mask, mom a mask; akin to G. mumme
   disguise; prob. of imitative origin, and akin to E. mum,
   mumble, in allusion to the indistinctness of speech
   occasioned by talking from behind a mask. Cf. {Mumble},
   {Mummery}.]
   To sport or make diversion in a mask or disguise; to mask.

         With mumming and with masking all around. --Spenser.

资料来源 : WordNet®

mummed
     See {mum}

mum
     adj : failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the
           witness remained silent" [syn: {silent}]
     [also: {mumming}, {mummed}]

mum
     n 1: of China [syn: {florist's chrysanthemum}, {florists'
          chrysanthemum}, {Dendranthema grandifloruom}, {Chrysanthemum
          morifolium}]
     2: informal terms for a mother [syn: {ma}, {mama}, {mamma}, {mom},
         {momma}, {mommy}, {mammy}, {mummy}, {mater}]
     3: secrecy; "mum's the word"
     [also: {mumming}, {mummed}]