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mutinous

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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mu·ti·nous /ˈmjuːtɪnəs $ -tn-əs/ adjective  1 DISOBEY written showing by your behaviour or appearance that you do not want to obey someone 抗命的,反抗的;桀骜不驯的 SYN rebellious There was a mutinous look in Rosie’s eyes. 罗丝的眼里有一种桀骜不驯的神色。2. PMREBELLION/REVOLUTIONinvolved in a mutiny 叛变的,反叛的mutinously adverb
Examples from the Corpus
mutinousBut in the desert the people are soon thirsty and hungry - and mutinous.Edmund rode with slashing spurs and flailing sword into the ranks of the mutinous archers, his knights hard after him.He took her chin between thumb and forefinger, tilting her mutinous face up for his cool inspection.If a man was workshy and mutinous I would put him in a cell to cool his heels for a while.She stalked off across the road, her hat jammed firmly on her head and her mouth set in a mutinous line.There was a mutinous look in Rosie's eyes.Hear his screams as his own mutinous soldiers administer the coupdegrâce.mutinous soldiersShe met his eyes without flinching, a mutinous sparkle enlivening the depths of her own grey gaze.
mu·ti·nous adjectiveChineseSyllable
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mutinous
mutinous /ˈmjuːtənəs, ˈmjuːtɪnəs $ -tn-əs/ adjective
1. written showing by your behaviour or appearance that you do not want to obey someone
   SYN  rebellious:
    There was a mutinous look in Rosie’s eyes.
2. involved in a mutiny
—mutinously adverb


mu·tin·ousBrE /ˈmjuːtənəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmjuːtənəs/ 🔊 adjectiverefusing to obey the orders of sb in authority; wanting to do this 不驯服的;桀骜不驯的;有意反抗的 SYN rebellious mutinous workers桀骜不驯的工人a mutinous expression反抗的神色taking part in a mutiny 参与叛乱的;参与暴动的 mu·tin·ous·ly BrE /ˈmjuːtənəsli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmjuːtənəsli/ 🔊 adverb