swither

1 What signifies keeping the poor lassie in a swither?

2 Had it been any other than Cameron," he said to himself, as he sat in his somewhat dingy and dusty office, "I would let him swither.

3 Even seemed to swither: was Morvern's striking amorality, her disavowal of cause and effect, inexplicable or just not explained?

4 Then, very abruptly, fixing his eyes on me, all of a swither, with my milk-stained cap in my hand, "And whom have we here?"

5 He seemed in a swither as to whether I was a fit confidant or not in such a matter, but at last would appear to decide in my favour.

6 Strong cruel brutes, they did not swither a moment, but both leaped at M'Iver's throat.

7 An abandoned swither of Chya - Hsin Cement Factory, Long - Jing, Taichung County.

废弃于嘉新水泥工厂内的北晟重机制调车机.台中县龙井乡.

8 Meanwhile the big mother moose was thrashing around in the bushes in a terrible swither, calling her calf to come.

9 Space swithers between two and three dimensions, the men seem variously giants or midgets, the sea appears flat as a picture; and time becomes mysterious too.

10 "Oh, swither the swipe, with its sweltering sweep!"

11 He seemed to be in a swither whether to return home, to follow ye, or to lie down and die by the road.

12 Flesh and bluid canna endure that—it wad gar a horse swither.

13 I wish you had been so certain of that a little ago," she said; "you seem very much on the swither.

14 Ye may be sure this put them in an awfu’ swither. 

15 It was a queer story that she told altogether, and I hae been in a swither as to what I was to do with it, or if I was to do anything with it.

16 All the time I was getting ready I never dared drive past W.O.'s place for fear the sight of that fine house of his would put me in the swithers again.

17 They found the office in a "swither," as Harry said, over the revelations of fraud that were coming to light every day—book-keeper, clerk, and timber-checker having all been in conspiracy to defraud the company.

18 But take a few steps towards the painting in all its astounding veracity and the vision swithers.

19 One can also be "in a swither", a state of indecision or doubt, a pondering, hesitation, uncertainty.

20 Not then knowing this I halted, dubious if I should go forward; and while standing in a swither at the corner of the Stockwell, a cart came up from the bridge, driven by a stripling.

1 狼狈

planet-stricken confused rattled helter-skelter ballup confusion panic amaze dismay ruffle amazement nonplus balls-up dash discomfort spiflicate

2 拿不定主意

wavering double-minded yo-yo waver be in two minds

3 混乱

cock-a-hoop hirdie-girdie fouled-up involved upset confused chaotic dizzy turbulent tangled drowning tumultuous foggy disturbed disorderly woolly shaggy deranged unstuck haywire hurried snafu vexatious turbid non-operational mixed-up confounded mazy snarly hurly-burly flurried tangly raddled untogether wuzzy farmisht farblonjet drumly throughither helter-skelter muck-up ravelment ballup fubb fumtu hash-up do mix smoke disorder mess dust coil confusion pi jungle hassle disruption scramble clutter swirl melee tumble hustle maze turmoil tangle puddle whirlpool flurry huddle anarchy ruffle twine smother dislocation mull jumble perplex muddle snarl disarray crisscross skein cobweb botch tumult dither mix-up turbidity perplexity disorganization muss tousle topsy-turvy kerfuffle welter fubar involution ravel Mess-up unreason pell-mell foul-up dishabille throe bollix cockup moil deray balls-up hugger-mugger snarl-up mullock ataxy piss-up hurry-scurry schemozzle wander twist confuse disrupt amuse confound bugger entangle embroil denigrate disorganize derange roil disorient discombobulate ballocks fuddle mux disrupture ensnarl embrangle in a spin make hay of stand on its head throw out of gear ball up in a fog make work

4 踌躇

hesitative hesitant tentative halting hesitation falter ambivalence hesitancy demur hesitance foot-dragging boggle stand stick strain float pause curl hesitate crane teeter dither hem and ha make two bites at a cherry incertitude hobble vacillate miss a beat vacillant lingering shrinking faltering hesitatingly poise fluctuation vacillation scrupulosity stop balance chop stumble hover dwell tarry stickle deter

5 困惑

kerflumixed lost confused troubled helpless baffling bemused perplexed rattled confounded puzzle involvement confusion fog maze baffle tangle delusion enigma perplex muddle quandary pucker perplexity puzzlement bafflement discomfiture disconcertion stick get throw bug distract stumble fox stun gravel lick intrigue stump riddle buffalo evade confound obfuscate bedevil bedazzle cumber kittle befog moider knock sideways in a fog dizzy distraction daze boggle flummox discombobulate floor confuse embarrass discomfit exercise labour stagger take aback be hung up tie in knots

6 犹豫

hesitative hesitant wavery unconfident vibration dwell fluctuation hesitation oscillation waver hesitancy demur hesitance boggle scruple pendulate balance stick float pause hesitate crane stagger oscillate dither vacillate stickle lingering halting veering hesitating hesitatingly vacillation shilly-shally hang weaken balk incertitude dubitation baulk

7 怀疑

dubitative academic wary doubtful incredulous unconvinced suss mistrustful untrusting dubitation challenge doubt suspicion discredit mistrust unbelief peradventure incertitude dubiety question suspect distrust impeach misdoubt disbelieve

8 疑惑

questioningly doubt haze discredit distrust misgiving diffidence peradventure