faltering 音标拼音: [f'ɔltɚɪŋ]
a . 犹豫的,蹒跚的,支吾的
犹豫的,蹒跚的,支吾的
faltering adj 1 :
unsteady in speech or action n 1 :
the act of pausing uncertainly ; "
there was a hesitation in his speech " [
synonym : {
hesitation }, {
waver }, {
falter },
{
faltering }]
Falter \
Fal "
ter \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Faltered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Faltering }.] [
OE .
falteren ,
faltren ,
prob .
from fault .
See {
Fault },
v . &
n .]
1 .
To hesitate ;
to speak brokenly or weakly ;
to stammer ;
as ,
his tongue falters .
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With faltering speech and visage incomposed .
--
Milton .
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2 .
To tremble ;
to totter ;
to be unsteady . "
He found his legs falter ." --
Wiseman .
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3 .
To hesitate in purpose or action .
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Ere her native king Shall falter under foul rebellion '
s arms . --
Shak .
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4 .
To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise ; --
said of the mind or of thought .
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Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space and distance falters . --
I .
Taylor .
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Faltering \
Fal "
ter *
ing \,
a .
Hesitating ;
trembling . "
With faltering speech ." --
Milton . --
n .
Falter ;
halting ;
hesitation . -- {
Fal "
ter *
ing *
ly },
adv .
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90 Moby Thesaurus words for "
faltering ":
ambling ,
balbutient ,
bashful ,
boggling ,
cautious ,
circumspect ,
claudicant ,
crawling ,
creeping ,
creeping like snail ,
deliberate ,
demurring ,
diffident ,
easy ,
flagging ,
foot -
dragging ,
gentle ,
gradual ,
halting ,
hesitant ,
hesitating ,
hobbled ,
hobbling ,
idle ,
indecisive ,
indolent ,
irresolute ,
jibbing ,
languid ,
languorous ,
lazy ,
leisurely ,
limping ,
lukewarm ,
lumbering ,
moderate ,
modest ,
poking ,
poky ,
qualmish ,
relaxed ,
reluctant ,
sauntering ,
scrupling ,
scrupulous ,
shilly -
shallying ,
shrinking ,
shuffling ,
shy ,
slack ,
slothful ,
slow ,
slow as death ,
slow as molasses ,
slow as slow ,
slow -
crawling ,
slow -
foot ,
slow -
going ,
slow -
legged ,
slow -
moving ,
slow -
paced ,
slow -
poky ,
slow -
running ,
slow -
sailing ,
slow -
stepped ,
sluggish ,
snail -
paced ,
snaillike ,
squeamish ,
staggering ,
stammering ,
sticking ,
stickling ,
straining ,
strolling ,
stumbling ,
stuttering ,
tentative ,
timid ,
toddling ,
tortoiselike ,
tottering ,
trudging ,
turtlelike ,
uncertain ,
unhurried ,
vacillatory ,
waddling ,
wavering ,
wobbly
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