mince
意味
- (ナイフで)〈特に肉〉を細かく切る,刻む
- (気どって)…を控え目に言う,遠回しに言う
- 《副詞[句]を伴って》〈特に男が〉上品ぶって小またに歩く
- 気どって話をする
例文
How long will minced meat last in a fridge?
ひき肉って、冷蔵庫でどれぐらい持つのかしら？
Not to mince matters, I don't want you to come to our party.
はっきり言って君にはパーティーに来てもらいたくないのだ。
How much mince did you buy?
ひき肉はどれぐらい買ったの？
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English mincen, minsen; partly from Old English minsian, ġeminsian (“to make less, make smaller, diminish”), from Proto-West Germanic *minnisōn, from Proto-Germanic *minnisōną (“to make less”); partly from Old French mincer, mincier (“to cut into small pieces”), from mince (“slender, slight, puny”), from Frankish *minsto, *minnisto, superlative of *min, *minn (“small, less”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”); both from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”).