Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
- (amerikanenglanti) hum and haw
Ääntäminen
US
Käännöksiä ei löytynyt valitulle kohdekielelle.
Yritit hakea fraasilla, joka sisältää useita sanoja. Parempien hakutulosten saamiseksi kokeile hakea sanoja erikseen: hem, and, haw
Samankaltaisia sanoja
- and
- and/or
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- goddess of gain and patroness of rogues and thieves
- He is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends
- Helvétius
- hem
- hem in
- honor sometimes added to diplomas and degrees for work that is considered outstanding and exceptional
- Serbia and Montenegro
- with bitterness and astringency
Määritelmät
Verbit
- (idiomatic) (US) To discuss, deliberate, or contemplate rather than taking action or making up one's mind.
- To mumble and procrastinate in one's speech, especially with a reply to a hard question or with voicing a decision on a topical matter; to evade a question, giving vague answers; to equivocate or temporize.
Esimerkit
- If you hem and haw long enough, someone else will do it first.
- The man at the Chief Office hemmed and hawed. 'We make it a rule,' he explained, 'to give no information concerning our clients.' 'But in this case,' I urged, 'it is the client who requests you to give the information concerning himself.' Again he hemmed and hawed.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | hemmed and hawed |
| Imperfekti | hemmed and hawed |
| Partisiipin preesens | hemming and hawing |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | hems and haws |