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mau-mau AHD[mouʹmou'] D.J.[ˈmaʊˌmaʊ]K.K.[ˈmaʊˌmaʊ]v.tr.Informal（及物动词）【非正式用语】mau.maued, mau.mau.ing, mau.maus - To attack or denounce vociferously, especially so as to intimidate:恐吓：大肆攻击或公然谴责，尤指为达到恫吓目的："In years past,[the civil rights leadership] would mau-mau the government or the corporate sector or the white community" (Joseph Perkins)“在过去[民权领袖] ……会公然谴责政府、公司行号或白人小区” (乔瑟夫·伯金斯)
- After the Mau Mau [a secret society of Kikuyu terrorists that led a rebellion against the ruling Europeans in Kenya in the 1950s] After the Mau Mau [a secret society of Kikuyu terrorists that led a rebellion against the ruling Europeans in Kenya in the 1950s]
- from Kikuyu mau-mau [sound of the voracious gobbling of a hyena] from Kikuyu mau-mau [sound of the voracious gobbling of a hyena]
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