英语词汇pussyfooted怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

pussyfooted

past simple and past participle ofpussyfoot

pussyfoot

verb[I]

informaldisapproving

/ˈpʊs.i.fʊt/us

/ˈpʊs.i.fʊt/

toavoidmaking adecisionorexpressinganopinionbecause you areuncertainorfrightenedabout doing so:

Stop pussyfootingaround/aboutandtellme what you reallythink.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hesitating

backward
dilly-dally
dither
ditherer
dithery
foot
halting
hang
hang back
have a foot in both campsidiom
haw
hem
hesitant
hesitantly
hesitate
hesitation
hum
hum and hawidiom
sit
sit on the fenceidiom

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(Definition ofpussyfootedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpussyfooted

pussyfooted

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

We havepussyfootedon that issue for far too long.

FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English

Surely we are not going to be so delicate orpussyfootedas all that.

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单词	pussyfooted
释义	pussyfooted past simple and past participle ofpussyfoot pussyfoot verb[I] informaldisapproving uk /ˈpʊs.i.fʊt/us /ˈpʊs.i.fʊt/ toavoidmaking adecisionorexpressinganopinionbecause you areuncertainorfrightenedabout doing so: Stop pussyfootingaround/aboutandtellme what you reallythink. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Hesitating backward dilly-dally dither ditherer dithery foot halting hang hang back have a foot in both campsidiom haw hem hesitant hesitantly hesitate hesitation hum hum and hawidiom sit sit on the fenceidiom See more results » (Definition ofpussyfootedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) Examplesofpussyfooted pussyfooted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. We havepussyfootedon that issue for far too long. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Surely we are not going to be so delicate orpussyfootedas all that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/pussyfooted##
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