mealy-mouthed

• adj. 不直率的；说话拐弯抹角的；说话委婉的；甜言蜜语的

1. hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy;

"a mealymouthed politician"

mealy-mouthed politicians

言不由衷的政客

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He repeated that he did not intend to be mealy-mouthed with the country's leaders.

他重申道，他和国家领导人谈话时无意拐弯抹角。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Some people criticize the boss, but they're too mealy mouthed to say so in her presence.

一些人批评老板, 但是他们很虚伪,当着老板的面从不提这事.

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But if you don't, they say you are mealy mouthed forever!

如果你不寄给他们, 他们说你说话总是拐弯抹角!

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Don't is so mealy mouthed, say what you mean!

别这麽绕弯子了, 有话直说吧!

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mealy,粉状的，mouth,嘴。比喻用法。

1. It left a mealy residue.

留下了粉状残渣.

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2. A common weed ( Chenopodium album ) having lance - shaped leaves with a mealy surface and small green flowers.

苋一种普通的野草 ( 藜藜属 ),长有叶面有花斑的长矛 状 叶子,开有绿色的小花.

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3. Perhaps this may lay to rest the suspicion surrounding the Aardens of red or mealy plumage.

这也许可能说明红鸽子的出.

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4. The most common problem is the Mealy bug , which feeds on plant sap.

粉蚧是个常见的问题,它以生石花的汁液为食.

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5. Disease: Aphids, mealy bugs, powdery mildew, fungal leaf spot, stem and root rot if over watered.

病虫害: 蚜虫, 介壳虫, 白粉病, 真菌叶斑病, 如果超过浇水可患茎、根腐病.

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mealy-mouthed (adj.)

"afraid to say what one really thinks," 1570s; first element perhaps from Old English milisc "sweet," from Proto-Germanic *meduz "honey" (see mead (n.1)), which suits the sense, but if the Old English word did not survive long enough to be the source of this, perhaps the first element is from meal (n.2) on notion of the "softness" of ground flour (compare Middle English melishe (adj.) "friable, loose," used of soils).