a. unable to speak.i. e. silent張口結(jié)舌的，（即）沉默的。 △R.III. 3. 7. 143 (144):“l(fā)f not to answer.you might haply think / Tongue-tied ambition,not re-plying,yielded / To bear the golden yoke of sover-eignty，”如果不回答，你也許會認為沉默的野心家，雖不答話，卻已應(yīng)允肩負起那金燦燦的軛套。