“half-word”的英文意思

单词

half-word

释义

ˈhalf-word
A word or speech which hints or insinuates something, instead of fully asserting it; a hint, suggestion.
c1369Chaucer Dethe Blaunche 1022 She wolde not fonde To holde no wight in balaunce By halfe worde ne by countenaunce.1581G. Pettie Guazzo's Civ. Conv. iii. (1586) 161 b, He said..he understood by y⊇ halfe word, what the whole ment.1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 118 Only by one rash half-word [he was] exasperated against me.1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh vi. 1224 We must scrupulously hint With half-words, delicate reserves.

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