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hem and haw hemændhɔ: 短语¹¹⁴⁴⁶⁷⁺⁴
基本英英Thesaurus
vi.犹豫踌躇;吞吞吐吐地说;支吾其词
Verb:
utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation;He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd verb.hesitate
同义词 back and fill,beat around the bush,beg the question,dance around,equivocate,euphemize,fudge and mudge,hum and haw,mince words,shilly-shally,tapdance
demurverb disagree
balk,cavil,challenge,combat,complain,deprecate,disapprove,dispute,doubt,fight,hesitate,object,oppose,pause,protest,pussyfoot,refuse,remonstrate,resist,scruple,shy,stick,stickle,strain,take exception,vacillate,wait and see,waver
demurredverb disagree
balked,cavilled,challenged,combated,complained,deprecated,disapproved,disputed,doubted,fought,hem and haw,hesitated,objected,opposed,paused,protested,pussyfooted,refused,remonstrated,resisted,scrupled,shied,stickled,strained,stuck,took exception,vacillated,waited and saw,wavered
dilly-dallyverb waste time
dawdle,delay,hem and haw,hesitate,linger,loiter,meander,mosey,move slowly,procrastinate,vacillate
eludeverb avoid;escape
baffle,be beyond someone,beat around the bush,bilk,circumvent,confound,cop out,ditch,dodge,double,duck,eschew,evade,flee,fly,foil,frustrate,get around,get away from,give the runaround,give the slip,give wide berth to,hem and haw,not touch,outrun,outwit,pass the buck,pass up,puzzle,run around,shirk,shuck,shun,shy,stall,stay shy of,steer clear of,stonewall,stump,thwart
eludedverb avoid;escape
baffled,beat around the bush,bilked,circumvented,confounded,copped out,ditched,dodged,doubled,ducked,eschewed,evaded,fled,flew,foiled,frustrated,gave the runaround,gave the slip,gave wide berth to,got around,got away from,hem and haw,not touched,outran,outwitted,passed the buck,passed up,puzzled,ran around,shied,shirked,shucked,shunned,stalled,stayed shy of,steered clear of,stonewalled,stumped,thwarted,was beyond someone
equivocateverb avoid an issue
beat around the bush,beg the question,blow hot and cold,cavil,cloud the issue,cop a plea,cop out,cover up,dodge,double-talk,elude,escape,eschew,evade,falsify,fence,fib,flip-flop,fudge,give the runaround,hedge,hem and haw,jive,lie,mince words,palter,parry,pass the buck,prevaricate,pussyfoot,quibble,run around,shuck,shuffle,sidestep,sit on the fence,stonewall,tell white lie,tergiversate,tergiverse,waffle,weasel |