Halting
['hɔːltɪŋ] or ['hɔltɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) fragmentary or halting from emotional strain; 'uttered a few halting words of sorrow' .
巴顿整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hail
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Halt
校對:威尔默
例句/造句/用法:
- Look upon this damosel; note her wasted form, her halting step, her bloomless cheeks where youth should blush and happiness exult in smiles! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- These too were carried before halting, and before the enemy had time to reinforce their advance guards. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- They had passed through Datchet without halting. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- They travelled in the night, halting an hour or two after daybreak, and lying by until the twilight fell. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- They have been halting somewhere till now. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Leaving the port of Bremenhaven on June 18th, and halting at Heligoland for four days to train its crew, it made its way across the Atlantic in sixteen days. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Sherman left Jackson with the last of his troops about noon on the 16th and reached Bolton, twenty miles west, before halting. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- But the probability of other islands having once existed as halting-places, of which not a wreck now remains, must not be overlooked. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- I hear the rain-drip on the stones, replies the young man, and I hear a curious echo--I suppose an echo--which is very like a halting step. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He looked like--Bye the bye,' exclaimed the old gentleman, halting very abruptly, and staring up into the sky, 'Bless my soul! 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- I always loved that boy as if he'd been my--my--my own grandfather,' said Mr. Bumble, halting for an appropriate comparison. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- They had it in charge to prepare our halting places and our nightly abode. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
校對:威尔默