tongue-tied

英 [ˈtʌŋ taɪd]

美 [ˈtʌŋ taɪd]

adj.  (因害羞或紧张)张口结舌的，说不出话来的

牛津词典

adj.

• （因害羞或紧张）张口结舌的，说不出话来的
  not able to speak because you are shy or nervous

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (因害羞、紧张等)张口结舌的，说不出话的
  If someone istongue-tied, they are unable to say anything because they feel shy or nervous.
  1. In their presence I became self-conscious and tongue-tied.
     当着他们的面，我有些难为情，说不出话来。

英英释义

adj

• unable to express yourself clearly or fluently
  1. felt tongue-tied with embarrassment
  2. incoherent with grief
  Synonym:incoherent

双语例句

• To make me tongue-tied speaking of your fame.
  我提起你的盛名就结舌语槁。
• I described to him the way I had felt when he had looked at me and how incongruous it had been for me to be tongue-tied by it.
  我向他描述他看我时我的感觉如何，及我被他的注视弄得瞠目结舌是多么不合理的一件事。
• He met a very beautiful woman at the party and was tongue-tied.
  在派对上他遇见一个美女，立马害羞的舌头打结。
• Speaking out loud is the only way to identify awkward words or phrases that can leave you tongue-tied.
  只有通过大声讲话，才能发现那些拗口的字词或短语。
• He stood tongue-tied before the huge audience.
  在大批听众面前他站着说不出话来。
• Talking to girls is a snap for him, but I'm always tongue-tied.
  对他来说，和女孩子交谈十分容易，可我却常常哑口无言。
• I'm the living embodiment of a warship, and I can't talk to you without getting tongue-tied.
  我是一艘战舰的生命体化身，除非把舌头连接在一起，否则我是不能和你说的。
• When this thought struck her, she felt more tongue-tied than ever.
  想到这一点，她更加说不出话来了。
• A tongue-tied silence was suddenly broken.
  突然，沉默无言的局面被打破了。
• Whenever I see my crush, I get completely tongue-tied and can't say a word.
  每次我看见我的心上人时，我就舌头打结，说不出话来。