扭捏niǔ·nie本指走路时身体故意左右摇动,今多形容举止言谈不大方{(orig.) walk with an affected swing; behave and talk unnaturally and diffidently; be affectedly bashful; hem and haw}: 她～了大半天,才说出一句话来{After much shilly-shally, she finally uttered a word.}|有话直截了当地说,别扭扭捏捏的。{Stop hemming and hawing; if you have something to say, out with it.}