释义 |
short-tongued, a. Having a short tongue; hence (now dial.) inarticulate, stammering, lisping. Also occas. taciturn, unready in speech.
c1575Gelson in Durham Depos. (Surtees) 289 The said Sir Richard..wilbe some tyme mery and light with drink, and short tonged, but nott dronken. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. ii. v, If I am a short-tongued fellow. 1874Lubbock Wild Flowers iii. 68 The honey which is accessible even to beetles, and short-tongued flies. |