morose ADJ. /郁闷的;乖僻的/ill-humored; sullen; melancholy. Forced to take early retirement, Bill acted morose for
months; then, all of a sudden, he shook off his sullen mood and was his usual cheerful self.
mortician N. /殡仪业者/undertaker. The mortician prepared the corpse for burial.
mortify V. /侮辱;体罚/humiliate; punish the flesh. She was so mortified by her blunder that she ran to her room in
tears.
mosaic N. /马赛克/picture made of colorful small inlaid tiles. The mayor compared the city to a beautiful mosaic made
up of people of every race and religion on earth.
mote N. /小半点/small speck. The tiniest mote in the eye is very painful.
motif N. /主旨，本意;动机/theme. This simple motif runs throughout the entire score.
motley ADJ. /多彩的，杂色的;混合的/multi-colored; mixed. The jester wore a motley tunic, red and green and blue and
gold all patched together haphazardly. Captain Ahab had gathered a motley crew to sail the vessel: old sea dogs and runaway boys, pillars of the church and drunkards, even a tattooed islander who terrified the rest of the crew.
mottled ADJ. /有斑点的;弄脏的/blotched in coloring; spotted. When old Falstaff blushed, his face was mottled with
embarrassment, all pink and purple and red.
muddle V. /迷惑的;搞乱了的，混淆了的/confuse; mix up. His thoughts were muddled and chaotic. also N. muggy ADJ. /又热又潮的(天气)/warm and damp. August in New York City is often muggy.
multifaceted ADJ. /多面的/having many aspects. A multifaceted composer, Roger Davidson has recorded original
pieces that range from ragtime tangos to choral masses.
multifarious ADJ. /多样的;各式各样的/varied; greatly diversified. A career woman and mother, she was constantly busy
with the multifarious activities of her daily life.
multiform ADJ. /多态的/having many forms. Snowflakes are multiform but always hexagonal.
multilingual ADJ. /多语种的/having many languages. Because they are bordered by so many countries, the Swiss
people are multilingual.
multiplicity N. /多样性/state of being numerous. He was appalled by the multiplicity of details he had to complete
before setting out on his mission.
mundane ADJ. /世俗的;日常的/worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday. Uninterested in philosophical or spiritual
discussions, Tom talked only of mundane matters such as the daily weather forecast or the latest basketball results.
munificent ADJ. /宽宏大量的;慷慨大方的/very generous. Shamelessly fawning over a particularly generous donor, the
dean kept on referring to her as "our munificent benefactor." munificence, N.
mural N. /壁画/wall painting. The walls of the Chicano Community Center are covered with murals painted in the style
of Diego Rivera, the great Mexican artist.
murky ADJ. /暗的，模糊的，暧昧的/dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague. The murky depths of the swamp were so dark
that one couldn't tell the vines and branches from the snakes.
muse V. /沉思/ponder. For a moment he mused about the beauty of the scene, but his thoughts soon changed as he
recalled his own personal problems. also N.
mushroom V. /膨胀，迅速生长/expand or grow rapidly. Between 1990 and 1999, the population of Silicon Valley
mushroomed; with the rapidly increasing demand for housing, home prices skyrocketed as well.
musky ADJ. /麝香味儿的/having the odor of musk. She left a trace of musky perfume behind her. muster V. /收集;集合/gather; assemble. Washington mustered his forces at Trenton. also N.
musty ADJ. /陈腐的，变质的;时间长损失品质的/stale; spoiled by age. The attic was dark and musty.
mutability N. /变化能力/ability to change in form; fickleness. Going from rags to riches, and then back to rags again,
the bankrupt financier was a victim of the mutability of fortune.
muted ADJ. / 静默的; 静音的/silent; muffled; toned down. Thanks to the thick, sound-absorbing walls of the cathedral,
only muted traffic noise reached the worshippers within.
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