mealymouthed

英式音标：['mi:li:maʊðd]

美式音标：['milimaʊðd]

词汇分类：Vocabulary.com,福尔摩斯探案集 - SHERLOCK HOLMES,巴朗3500词表,GRE

词义：

adj.

转弯抹角说的，不敢直说的；

英英释义

mealymouthed[ 'mi:limauðd ]

adj.hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy

"a mealymouthed politician"

同义词：mealy-mouthed

用法：

权威例句

Be careful with wishes // Mealymouthed rejection letters in good taste, at least

Mealy-Mouthed

Mealy-Mouthed

Mealy-mouthed rhetoric.

Mealy-Mouthed BBC Can't Say 'Dictator'

“One Not Need Be A Mealy‐Mouthed Liberal…”: A Response to Archer and Stevens' Response to Simons and Warren

The mealy-mouthed campaign

Ted Enright: Mealy-Mouthed Martyrs (July 1948)

BROADCAST SPORT: Beeb at double fault over mealy-mouthed Wimbers

The Reporting of the Story of Cook, His Wife and His Lover Makes It Plain That Affair-Speak Is Still as Mealy-Mouthed as Dry Muesli

造句：

1. The spleen - qi fails to send up nutrients.

脾气不升.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. Paul Fussell's latest book vents his spleen against everything he hates about his country.

保罗·富塞尔在新作中发泄了他对国家的所有不满。

来自柯林斯例句

3. When I get so frustrated and angry, I have to vent my spleen on someone.

当我非常灰心丧气、憋着一肚子火时, 就得找人出气.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. But , unexpectedly, he started venting his spleen on her.

哪知道, 老头子说着说着绕到她身上来.

来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

5. There were other targets for Mr Livingston's spleen.

让利文斯顿先生大怒的还有其他一些人。

来自辞典例句

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