(especially of speech or movement 尤指讲话或动作 stopping and starting often, especially because you are not certain or are not very confident 断断续续的；结结巴巴的 We carried on a halting conversation. 我们的谈话断断续续。 a toddler’s first few halting steps 学步幼儿的蹒跚脚步 Europe’s halting progress towards greater unity 欧洲停止迈向更大统一的进程
Extra ExamplesTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2The driver spoke only very halting English. 司机只说了很短的英语。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHalting is used with these nouns:- conversation