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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
❍ 到这地步，我们的文人就只好～，假揩眼泪了。(《鲁迅选集》Ⅳ—167) At this point our writer begins to choke and to shed crocodile tears; …/ “也许有罢——我想。”我于是～的说。(《鲁迅选集》上—89) “There may be,I think，” I told her hesitantly.
❍ 这姑娘～，要说又停，并且把头低下了。(周立波《山乡巨变》196) The girl hesitated and looked down.
❍ 什么？你也学得～了？(周立波《山乡巨变》87) What is it? You’ve learned to hum and haw too.
❍ 我们党所办的报纸，我们党所进行的一切宣传工作，都应当是生动的，鲜明的，尖锐的，毫不～。(《毛泽东选集》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.
❍ 韩长脖故意～地说，转身要走。(周立波《暴风骤雨》108) He shilly-shallied and shuffled his feet as if to go off.
❍ 汤阿英给他讲得没有话说，～急得说不清楚。(周而复《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，”陆三复因为要开口，先涨红了脸，声音～，这是他发表意见的常态，“农场还是暂缓兴办。……”/(叶圣陶《倪焕之》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…”/老头儿～地说：“我们村没有村公所。”(袁静《新儿女英雄传》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形容说话想说又不敢说，顾虑很大。tick over, hem and haw, talk in ambiguous terms, prunes and prism, be hesitant in speaking |