英语词汇“halting”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	halting
释义	halting adjective Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of halten to limp — more at halt 1. a. : marked by a limp : lame, limping < recognized the cripple's halting walk > b. : slow and hesitant or reluctant : dragging, uncertain < walked home with heavy heart and halting steps > c. : lacking smoothness, facility, verve, or display of easy command in delivery : marked by abrupt halts and starts : faltering, awkward, ungraceful < his speaking voice … is thin and halting — Current Biography > < too wise to let his halting utterance weaken the impression of his facile pen — John Buchan > < his halting delivery of the play's longest speech — Henry Hewes > 2. a. : displaying weakness or imperfection (as in argument, development, or meter) : marked by lapses (as of grammar, interest, continuity) : proceeding raggedly or falteringly < a very halting argument > < the poem's weak and halting rhymes > < the halting development of this thin plot > b. : lacking in sureness (as of purpose, drive, or continuity) : proceeding by fits and starts : fumbling, indecisive, vacillating, ineffective < development of the military intelligence service … was slow and halting — G.F.Ashworth > < the season got off to a halting start > < made halting advance toward solving their difficulties — C.L.Jones > • halt·ing·ly adverb
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