| 单词 | hums and ha's |
| 释义 | > as lemmashums and ha's (also haws) a. An inarticulate vocal murmur uttered with closed lips in a pause of speaking, from hesitation, embarrassment, or affectation. Usually in hums and ha's (also haws): see ha n.2, haw int.1 and n.4 ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun] > stammer or stammering > sound or form used in hum1469 hick1607 ha1612 hack1660 haw-haw1838 hesitation-form1933 1469 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 541 He wold haue gotyn it aweye by hummys and by hays. But I wold not so be answeryd. ?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Avv Wyth whom and ha and with a croked loke. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. i. 76 These Shrugs, these Hum's, and Ha's. View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 32. ⁋1 There were many very proper Hums and Pauses in his Harangue. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. v. 180 After some Hesitation, and many Hums and Ha's . View more context for this quotation 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour v. xxv. 138 After sundry ‘hums’, ‘indeeds’, ‘sos’, &c. < as lemmas |
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