Question of the Day #1120

INTERVIEW: WHY JAWNY CONTINUES TO LEAVE US “WIDE-EYED, TONGUE-TIED”

From the headline of this article at Atwood Magazine.

  上記の文で、tongue-tiedの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "tongue-tied" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〔緊張感や恥ずかしさなどが原因で〕口が利けなくなった、ものをスラスラ言えない、口ごもった
2. 短舌の、小舌の

問題の見出しの意味は、1番で「口が利けなくなった」です。

 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. unable or disinclined to speak freely (as from shyness)
2. affected with tongue-tie

 

Examples

1. I was practically tongue-tied.
2. Items on which the child was tongue-tied were repeated; incorrect responses did not count as tongue-tied.
3. They cannot express what they want to say and become tongue-tied and inhibited.
4. In their presence I became self-conscious and tongue-tied.
5. He takes a job at the cinema to get nearer to her but finds himself tongue-tied in her presence. Times, Sunday Times (2007)

   

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