But when he heard Mo Kan-cheng humming and hawing like an imbecile at the other end of the line, Wu Sun-fu suddenly changed his mind and rasped sternly at him instead
但在接通了线而且听得莫干丞的畏缩吞吐的语音时,吴荪甫蓦地又变了卦;他反而严厉地训令道
词组
to hum and haw
哼哈
属类:简明汉英词典--
To hum and haw
半吞半吐
属类:习语名句-汉英成语-
prevaricate;equivocate; hum and haw
枝梧
属类:汉英词对--
prevaricated in speech; hum and haw
言语支吾
属类:简明汉英词典--
hum and haw ;mutter and mumble;Mince words
吞吞吐吐
属类:习语名句-汉英成语-
to equivocate;to falter;to hum and haw ;to stall;to prevaricate
支吾
属类:简明汉英词典--
Don’t stand humming and hawing,but speak out.
有话痛痛快快说出来,不要吞吞吐吐的。
属类:综合句库-
We hummed and hawed before deciding to buy the house.
我们曾经犹豫了很长时间才决定买这幢房子。
属类:综合句库-
He hummed and hawed but finally told me the truth.
他先是支支吾吾,可最后还是跟我说了实话。
属类:综合句库-
He hummed and hawed for quite a while, failing to come out with any convincing argument.
他支吾了半天,也没有说出个令人信服的论点来。
属类:文学表达-动作描写句-说话
Feng Yun-ching suddenly stopped and just stood there humming and hawing, his faltering gaze wandering distractedly over her face
冯云卿忽然顿住了,接连着几个“哎”,却拖不出下文;他的迷惘的眼光只在他女儿脸上打圈圈儿。
属类:综合句库-
But when he heard Mo Kan-cheng humming and hawing like an imbecile at the other end of the line, Wu Sun-fu suddenly changed his mind and rasped sternly at him instead
但在接通了线而且听得莫干丞的畏缩吞吐的语音时,吴荪甫蓦地又变了卦;他反而严厉地训令道
属类:综合句库-
英语成语:hum and haw
1.(informal)to take a long time to make a decision or before you say something
机译:(非正式的)花很长时间做决定或在你说某事之前
We hummed and hawed for weeks before deciding to buy the house.
机译:我们犹豫了好几个星期才决定买房子。
2.To speak in an evasive, vague, roundabout way in order to avoid responding to a question or making a definite statement. The phrase comes from the common filler words often used by habit or when one is deciding what to say. Primarily heard in UK.