| 单词 | hem and ha |
| 释义 | > as lemmashem and ha b. In combination, as hem and hawk, hem and haw, hem and ha. Cf. hum and haw at haw v.1, to hum and haw at hum v.1 2c. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove [verb (intransitive)] > express disapproval by sound or exclamation hoota1225 hissa1425 hem and hawk1588 catcall1735 cluck1821 tut1832 fie-fie1836 boo1855 harrumph1936 tsk-tsk1966 steups1967 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 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > hem hem1470 hem and hawk1588 harrumph1936 1588 G. Babington Profitable Expos. Lords Prayer i. 109 Wee gape and wee yawne, we hem and we hawke. 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore iv. iii. 34 Not so much as a Bee, he did not hum: not so much as a bawd he did not hem: not so much as a Cuckold he did not ha: neither hum, hem, nor ha, onely starde me in the face. 1786 F. Burney Lett. 16 Oct. I hemmed and hawed—but the Queen stopped reading. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. xxiii. 305 You would have done better, to have hemmed or hawed, so as to let your officers know that you were present. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xxxi. 285 The old Colonel..hems and hahs, and repeats himself a good deal. < as lemmas |
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