单词 | tongue-tied |
释义 | tongue-tied (once / 10000 pages) adj WORD FAMILY tongue-tie: tongue-tied USAGE EXAMPLESImperfect, tongue-tied support is better than standing off to the side because you’re afraid of being seen as “interfering” or of saying the wrong thing. Slate(Nov 21, 2016) I got tongue-tied in his company, and clumsy. The Guardian(Nov 20, 2016) But Ran was tongue-tied this time, since in fact he was hopeless at directions, and was always getting lost when he drove around Jerusalem. The New Yorker(Nov 06, 2016) adj unable to express yourself clearly or fluently felt tongue-tied with embarrassment Syn incoherent inarticulate, unarticulate without or deprived of the use of speech or words |
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