| 单词 | halting |
| 释义 | halting (once / 1191 pages) adj The adjective halting is used to describe something that is fragmentary or prone to interruptions. If you are overcome with emotion at your wedding, you may choke out your vows in a halting voice. If you're afraid you might trip, take halting steps. The adjective halting can describe something or someone with limping or disabled legs or feet. If you have sprained your ankle and it's icy out this winter, you should walk with a halting gait and walk slowly and carefully. The word halting in this sense comes from the Old English word lemphalt, which means "limping." WORD FAMILYhalting: haltingly+/halt: halted, halter, halting, halts/halter: haltered, halteres, haltering, halters USAGE EXAMPLESAsked Friday evening about any agreement on halting hiring, the White House declined to comment, as did a spokeswoman for the OMB. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Gold for immediate delivery is up 8.9 percent this year to about $1,155 an ounce, halting a three-year slide. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) During the general election, he shifted his rhetoric to focus on temporarily halting immigration from an unspecified list of countries with ties to terrorism. Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj disabled in the feet or legs Syn crippled, game, gimpy, halt, lame unfit not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition 2adj fragmentary or halting from emotional strain uttered a few halting words of sorrow Syn broken not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly |
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