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单词 pussyfoot
释义 pussyfoot
 /poos"ee foot'/, v., n., pl. pussyfoots.
  v.i.  
  1. to go or move in a stealthy or cautious manner.
  2. to act cautiously or timidly, as if afraid to commit oneself on a point at issue.
  n.  
  3. a person with a catlike, or soft and stealthy, tread.
  4.  Chiefly Brit.   a teetotaler or prohibitionist.
 [1890-95, Amer.; PUSSY1 + FOOT]
 Syn. 2. hedge, dodge, sidestep, straddle.
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