halting

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

halt·ing [halting haltingly] BrE [ˈhɔːltɪŋ] BrE [ˈhɒltɪŋ] NAmE [ˈhɔːltɪŋ] adjective usually before noun
(especially of speech or movement)stopping and starting often, especially because you are not certain or are not very confident
Syn: ↑hesitant
•a halting conversation
•a toddler's first few halting steps
•Europe's halting progress towards greater unity
Derived Word: ↑haltingly

Example Bank:
•The crisis is threatening the country's halting progress towards democracy.
•The driver spoke only very halting English.
•We carried on a halting conversation.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  crippled, halt, lame, gimpy, game