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mincing
adjective
uk /ˈmɪn.sɪŋ/ us /ˈmɪn.sɪŋ/
mincingadjective (WALK)
A mincing walk uses small, delicate steps in a way that does not look natural: （小碎步）矫揉造作的，忸怩作态的
She took short, mincing steps.她迈着忸怩作态的小碎步。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving gently on foot
amble
blow
circulate
dumbwalking
flâneur
gently
meander
mincingly
mooch
mosey
pad
paseo
plod
potter
process
promenade
stroll
tippy
tiptoe
wander
mincingadjective (SPEECH)
used to describe a way of speaking that is too delicate and not direct enough: （说话）装腔作势的
She found herself irritated by the interviewer's mincing way of asking questions.她感到自己被会见者装腔作势的提问方式激怒了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
bury the ledeidiom
candy coat
candy coating
candy-coated
circumlocution
circumlocutory
f-bomb
get on to/onto something
glancingly
gloss over something
go off on a tangentidiom
implicit
obscure
parry
prevaricate
stray
tangent
tiptoe around something/someone
unexpressed
unvoiced
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