| 单词 | to hum and ha |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hum and ha (haw) c. To make an inarticulate murmur in a pause of speaking, from hesitation, embarrassment, etc. Usually in to hum and ha (haw): see ha v., haw v.1 ΘΠ the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > speak inarticulately or with a defect [verb (intransitive)] > stammer or speak hesitantly stammerc1000 wlaffe1025 stotec1325 humc1374 mafflea1387 stut1388 rattlea1398 famble14.. mammera1425 drotec1440 falterc1440 stackerc1440 hem1470 wallowa1475 tattle1481 mant1506 happer1519 trip1526 hobblea1529 hack1553 stagger1565 faffle1570 stutter1570 hem and hawk1588 ha1604 hammer1619 titubate1623 haw1632 fork1652 hacker1652 lispc1680 hesitate1706 balbutiate1731 haffle1790 hotter1828 stutter1831 ah1853 catch1889 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 1150 (1199) Al rosy hewed tho woxe she, And gan to hum. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 588/2 He hummeth and haeth and wyll nat come out withall. a1616 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida (1623) i. iii. 165 Hum [1609 hem], and stroke thy Beard. 1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry iv. sig. H4 D'ee stand Humming and hawing now? 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xi. 251 Don't stand humming and hawing, but speak out. View more context for this quotation 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. ii. 439 Robinson apologetically hums and hahs. to hum and ha b. to hum and ha: see after 2c. < as lemmas |
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