haw
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they haw | |
| he / she / it haws | |
| past simple hawed | |
| past participle hawed | |
| -ing form hawing |
Idioms
hum and haw (British English)
(North American English hem and haw)
- (informal)
to take a long time to make a decision or before you say something 犹豫不决；支支吾吾；嗯嗯呃呃 We hummed and hawed for weeks before deciding to buy the house. 我们犹豫了几个星期才决定买这所房子。