mincing
adjective
uk/ˈmɪn.sɪŋ/us/ˈmɪn.sɪŋ/mincingadjective(WALK)
A mincingwalkusessmall,delicatestepsin a way that does notlooknatural:
（小碎步）矫揉造作的，忸怩作态的She tookshort, mincingsteps.她迈着忸怩作态的小碎步。
Moving gently on foot
- amble
- blow
- circulate
- dumbwalking
- flâneur
- gently
- meander
- mince
- mooch
- mosey
- plod
- potter
- process
- promenade
- saunter
- stroll
- stroller
- tippy
- tiptoe
- wander
mincingadjective(SPEECH)
used todescribea way ofspeakingthat is toodelicateand notdirectenough:
（说话）装腔作势的Shefoundherselfirritatedby the interviewer's mincing way ofaskingquestions.她感到自己被会见者装腔作势的提问方式激怒了。
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- equivocate
- euphemism
- hedge
- hedging
- implicit
- implicitly
- indirectly
- lede
- move offsomething/on (tosomething)
- obfuscate
- obscure
- sanitize
- sidestep
- stray
- veil