fal·ter /ˈfɔltɚ/
(vt.)支吾地說,遲疑(vi.)支吾,蹣跚地走顫抖,支吾,躊躇
Fal·ter n. Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.
The falter of an idle shepherd's pipe. --Lowell.
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Fal·ter v. t. To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. [Prov. Eng.]
Fal·ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faltered p. pr. & vb. n. Faltering.]
1. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters.
With faltering speech and visage incomposed. --Milton.
2. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. “He found his legs falter.”
3. To hesitate in purpose or action.
Ere her native king
Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. --Shak.
4. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.
Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space and distance falters. --I. Taylor.
Fal·ter, v. t. To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.
And here he faltered forth his last farewell. --Byron.
Mde me most happy, faltering =\“I am thine.”\= --Tennyson.
falter
n : the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in
his speech" [syn: hesitation, waver, faltering]
v 1: be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" [syn: waver]
2: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way [syn: waver]
3: walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about" [syn: stumble,
bumble]
4: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his
opponent enter the room" [syn: bumble, stutter, stammer]