英语词汇“hum and haw (or hem and haw)”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hum and haw (or chiefly North American hem and haw)

British Be indecisive: I was humming and hawing over buying copies...

There's been a bunch of legal experts wheeled on to hum and haw about this - perhaps it's good for Michael, because they'd know that kids lie.
But when I ask his closest advisers whether the Prime Minister has been persuaded of this, they hum and haw.
We, as girls, will hem and haw and analyze every letter of what we say to that ‘chosen ‘guy, and worry about how we're coming off, and just worry in general.

Synonyms

be indecisive, hesitate, dither, vacillate, procrastinate, equivocate, prevaricate, waver, falter, fluctuate;

British haver;

Scottish swither

informal shilly-shally, dilly-dally, blow hot and cold, pussyfoot around

archaic or literary tarry

See parent entry: hum

单词	hum and haw (or hem and haw)
释义	hum and haw (or chiefly North American hem and haw) British Be indecisive: I was humming and hawing over buying copies... There's been a bunch of legal experts wheeled on to hum and haw about this - perhaps it's good for Michael, because they'd know that kids lie. But when I ask his closest advisers whether the Prime Minister has been persuaded of this, they hum and haw. We, as girls, will hem and haw and analyze every letter of what we say to that ‘chosen ‘guy, and worry about how we're coming off, and just worry in general. Synonyms be indecisive, hesitate, dither, vacillate, procrastinate, equivocate, prevaricate, waver, falter, fluctuate; British haver; Scottish swither informal shilly-shally, dilly-dally, blow hot and cold, pussyfoot around archaic or literary tarry See parent entry: hum
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