| 釋義 |
吞吞吐吐tūn tūn tǔ tǔevasive (ly); falter;falteringly; hem (/hum) and haw; hesitant (/ly);hesitate in speech; mutter and mumble; speak a word and swallow the next; stammer; stumble over one’s words
? 到這地步，我們的文人就只好～，假揩眼淚了。(《魯迅選集》Ⅳ—167) At this point our writer begins to choke and to shed crocodile tears; …/ “也許有罷——我想。”我于是～的說。(《魯迅選集》上—89) “There may be,I think，” I told her hesitantly.
? 這姑娘～，要說又停，并且把頭低下了。(周立波《山鄉(xiāng)巨變》196) The girl hesitated and looked down.
? 什么？你也學得～了？(周立波《山鄉(xiāng)巨變》87) What is it? You’ve learned to hum and haw too.
? 我們黨所辦的報紙，我們黨所進行的一切宣傳工作，都應(yīng)當是生動的，鮮明的，尖銳的，毫不～。(《毛澤東選集》1217) Newspapers run by our Party and all the propaganda work of our Party should be vivid,clear-cut and sharp and should never mutter and mumble.
? 韓長脖故意～地說，轉(zhuǎn)身要走。(周立波《暴風驟雨》108) He shilly-shallied and shuffled his feet as if to go off.
? 湯阿英給他講得沒有話說，～急得說不清楚。(周而復(fù)《上海的早晨》Ⅰ—536)Tang Aying was stumped for a reply to this and all she could do was to stammer incoherently./ “我的意思，”陸三復(fù)因為要開口，先漲紅了臉，聲音～，這是他發(fā)表意見的常態(tài)，“農(nóng)場還是暫緩興辦?！?(葉圣陶《倪煥之》163) “I think，” said Lu Sanfu,blushing and stumbling over his words as he always did when voicing his opinion，“that we ought to postpone the idea of a farm for the time being…”/老頭兒～地說：“我們村沒有村公所。”(袁靜《新兒女英雄傳》249)“We don’t have any such office，” said the old man suspiciously. 吞吞吐吐mention hesitantly; speak falteringly;mutter and mumble 吞吞吐吐tūn tūn tǔ tǔ形容說話想說又不敢說，顧慮很大。tick over, hem and haw, talk in ambiguous terms, prunes and prism, be hesitant in speaking |