mealy-mouthed 中文意思是什麼

mealy-mouthed 解釋
adj. 形容詞 轉彎抹角說的;油嘴滑舌的,會說話的。

  • mealy : adj. (mealier; -iest)1. 粉狀的;粉質的;富含澱粉的;(翅等)有粉的;(臉色等)蒼白的;(馬)毛色有白花的。2. 〈口語〉說話委婉的;甜言蜜語的。
  • mouthed : 有口的
  1. You ' d rather live with that silly little fool who can ' t open her mouth except to say " yes ", " no ", and raise a houseful of mealy - mouthed brats just like her

    你寧願和那個只會說「是」的小傻瓜在一起然後生一堆象她那樣說話拐彎抹角的孩子!
  2. Don ' t be so mealy - mouthed, say what you mean

    別這麼繞彎子了,有話直說吧
  3. Whereas, as connie could see even from mrs bolton s gossip, the woman had been merely a mealy - mouthed sort, and the man angrily honest. but angry honesty made a bad man of him, and mealy - mouthedness made a nice woman of her, in the vicious, conventional channelling of sympathy by mrs bolton. for this reason, the gossip was humiliating

    這種話常常不離她的口,因此康妮從波太太的閑話里,能夠看出婦人只是一個甜言蜜語的東西,男於是太忠厚的人,但是根據波太太那種錯誤的世俗的同情心的指引,太忠厚使一個男子成為「壞」人,而甜言蜜語使一個婦人成為「好」人。
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