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单词 tongue-tied
释义
tongue-tied
adjective
uk
/ˈtʌŋ.taɪd/us
/ˈtʌŋ.taɪd/
If you get tongue-tied, youfinditdifficulttoexpressyourself, usually because you arenervous.
（通常因紧张而）张口结舌的，说不出话的
Synonyms
inarticulate
incoherent
Opposites
articulate
fluent(LANGUAGE)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Falling silent and not speaking
  • be (on) non-speakersidiom
  • bite
  • bitesomethingback
  • biteyourtongueidiom
  • button your lipidiom
  • clam
  • clam up
  • draw
  • gob
  • have nothing to say foryourselfidiom
  • mouth
  • silence is goldenidiom
  • speak
  • speechless
  • speechlessly
  • speechlessness
  • stick
  • stick insomeone'sthroatidiom
  • unavowed
  • wordless
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(Definition oftongue-tiedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tongue-tied| American Dictionary

tongue-tied
adjective
us
/ˈtʌŋˌtɑɪd/
havingdifficultyinspeaking, usually because of beingnervous:
I waspracticallytongue-tied.
(Definition oftongue-tiedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftongue-tied

tongue-tied
The experimenter noted whether children answered correctly, refused to answer, made a consistent articulation substitution error, or weretongue-tied.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Items on which the child wastongue-tiedwere repeated; incorrect responses did not count astongue-tied.
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They cannot express what they want to say and becometongue-tiedand inhibited.
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This means, in our present context, that parents are not exempted from their responsibilities if their children aretongue-tiedor have only four fingers on each hand.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the first, he istongue-tiedwith embarrassed desire, and she is only just recovering from the aesthetic shell shock so famously described at the opening of chapter 21.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Only those who have appeared in the courts know how a young person can be completelytongue-tiedand unable to express himself.
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He certainly was nottongue-tied, because in the next column he took up the questioning again on something completely different.
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He found men who had previously been alwaystongue-tiedtalking quite freely to the boys.
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I have seen inarticulate,tongue-tiedchildren transformed into confident, articulate youngsters, and potential young trouble-makers creatively diverted from mischief.
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It has not been noticeable in the debate that the judges, for instance, aretongue-tiedabout them.
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The tenant, a woman, wastongue-tied.
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There are a number of people who go to these courts who are nervous,tongue-tied, perhaps ill-educated, and occasionally almost illiterate, and they are generally not legally represented.
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Some people are lucky and may be able to have a friend to represent them, but others may have friends who are just astongue-tiedas they are.
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He is now apparentlytongue-tied.
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He will be incoherent andtongue-tied.
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