English Dictionary

tongue-tied

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtʌŋtaɪd/

形容詞

比喩的用法 詩語

(pathology) Having tongue-tie or ankyloglossia (“a congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum (a membrane connecting the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth) is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.”).

日本語の意味

（病態）先天的な舌小帯の異常により、舌が十分に動かせず、摂食や発話に影響を及ぼす状態（舌小帯短縮症、または舌束縛）

The infant was diagnosed as tongue-tied, which made breastfeeding difficult until a frenotomy was performed.

その乳児は舌小帯短縮（舌小帯が短く厚く舌の可動性が制限される状態）と診断され、切開術を受けるまで授乳が困難でした。

意味（1）

(pathology) Having tongue-tie or ankyloglossia (“a congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum (a membrane connecting the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth) is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.”).

意味（2）

Prevented from or unable to express oneself clearly or fluently, or freely; at a loss for words, speechless.

But it ſeemes to mee that Dauid meeneth cheefly, that among the blaſphemies of his foes wherewith they endeuered too ouerwhelme hys Faythe, he himſelfe was not tungtyde: but rather lifted vp his voyce vnto God, whom the vngodly ſurmiſed to haue bin turned against him.

意味（3）

Reluctant to speak up; reserved, reticent.

I was all this while chafing at the part I played, and sitting tongue-tied between shame and merriment; but somehow at this I could hold in no longer, and bade Alan let me be, for I was better already.

意味（4）

(chiefly poetic) Physically unable to speak; dumb, mute.

more tongue-tied （ comparative ）

most tongue-tied （ superlative ）