falter 音标拼音: [f'ɔltɚ]
vt . 支吾地说,迟疑
vi . 支吾,蹒跚地走
n . 颤抖,支吾,踌躇
支吾地说,迟疑支吾,蹒跚地走颤抖,支吾,踌躇
falter n 1 :
the act of pausing uncertainly ; "
there was a hesitation in his speech " [
synonym : {
hesitation }, {
waver }, {
falter },
{
faltering }]
v 1 :
be unsure or weak ; "
Their enthusiasm is faltering " [
synonym :
{
falter }, {
waver }]
2 :
move hesitatingly ,
as if about to give way [
synonym : {
falter },
{
waver }]
3 :
walk unsteadily ; "
The drunk man stumbled about " [
synonym :
{
stumble }, {
falter }, {
bumble }]
4 :
speak haltingly ; "
The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room " [
synonym : {
bumble }, {
stutter },
{
stammer }, {
falter }]
Falter \
Fal "
ter \,
v .
t .
To thrash in the chaff ;
also ,
to cleanse or sift ,
as barley .
[
Prov .
Eng .] --
Halliwell .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
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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Falter \
Fal "
ter \,
v .
t .
To utter with hesitation ,
or in a broken ,
trembling ,
or weak manner .
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And here he faltered forth his last farewell . --
Byron .
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Mde me most happy ,
faltering "
I am thine ." --
Tennyson .
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Falter \
Fal "
ter \,
n . [
See {
Falter },
v .
i .]
Hesitation ;
trembling ;
feebleness ;
an uncertain or broken sound ;
as ,
a slight falter in her voice .
[
1913 Webster ]
The falter of an idle shepherd '
s pipe . --
Lowell .
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1913 Webster ]
190 Moby Thesaurus words for "
falter ":
Bebung ,
abandon hope ,
back down ,
back out ,
balance ,
bashfulness ,
blench ,
blunder ,
bob ,
bobble ,
boggle ,
boggling ,
bounce ,
bump ,
careen ,
career ,
caution ,
cautiousness ,
chatter ,
chicken ,
chicken out ,
compunction ,
dally ,
dawdle ,
debate ,
delay ,
deliberate ,
demur ,
demurral ,
desert under fire ,
despair ,
despair of ,
despond ,
didder ,
diffidence ,
dillydally ,
dither ,
drag ,
faltering ,
fear ,
fight shy of ,
flag ,
flinch ,
flounce ,
flounder ,
flutter ,
funk ,
funk out ,
get cold feet ,
give up ,
give up hope ,
give way ,
goof off ,
grimace ,
halt ,
hang back ,
hang in doubt ,
hang off ,
have an ague ,
have qualms ,
haw ,
hem ,
hem and haw ,
hesitance ,
hesitancy ,
hesitate ,
hesitating ,
hesitation ,
hold off ,
hover ,
hum ,
hum and haw ,
hustle ,
jactitate ,
jar ,
jerk ,
jib ,
jig ,
jigget ,
jiggle ,
jog ,
joggle ,
jolt ,
jostle ,
jounce ,
jump ,
labor ,
lag ,
linger ,
loiter ,
lollygag ,
lose courage ,
lose heart ,
lose hope ,
lurch ,
make bones about ,
mammer ,
modesty ,
objection ,
pause ,
pitch ,
pitch and plunge ,
plunge ,
ponder ,
protest ,
pull back ,
quail ,
quake ,
qualm ,
qualm of conscience ,
qualmishness ,
quaver ,
quiver ,
recoil ,
reel ,
retreat ,
rictus ,
rock ,
roll ,
scruple ,
scrupulosity ,
scrupulousness ,
scuttle ,
seethe ,
shake ,
shilly -
shally ,
shilly -
shallying ,
shiver ,
shock ,
shrink ,
shrinking ,
shudder ,
shy ,
shy at ,
shyness ,
sink into despair ,
skedaddle ,
stagger ,
stammer ,
stick at ,
stickle ,
stickling ,
stop to consider ,
straddle the fence ,
strain ,
strain at ,
struggle ,
stumble ,
stutter ,
sway ,
swing ,
tarry ,
tentativeness ,
think twice ,
think twice about ,
thrash about ,
tic ,
topple ,
toss ,
toss and tumble ,
toss and turn ,
totter ,
trail ,
tremble ,
tremolando ,
tremolant ,
tremolo ,
tremor ,
trill ,
trillet ,
trilleto ,
trillo ,
tumble ,
twitch ,
twitter ,
vacillate ,
vibrate ,
vibrato ,
volutation ,
wallop ,
wallow ,
waste time ,
waver ,
welter ,
whine ,
wince ,
withdraw ,
wobble ,
yield ,
yield to despair
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