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形容说话含糊不清，不直截了当。
[partly conceal and partly confess;speak with reserve (restraint);to hum and haw] 话刚说出口又缩回去 王教授把他们送到门口便站住,半吞半吐地对他们说。—— 巴金《知识阶级》
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