{
  "type": "oxford",
  "pronunc": {
    "phonetic": "ˈhɛzəˌteɪt",
    "listenurl": "/var/www/html/blab/mp3/dic/hesitate.mp3",
    "transkor": "망설이다"
  },
  "meansorg": [
    {
      "type": "Verb",
      "etymologies": "early 17th century: from Latin haesitat- ‘stuck fast, left undecided’, from the verb haesitare, from haerere ‘stick, stay’",
      "definitions": "pause before saying or doing something, especially through uncertainty",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "pause"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "delay"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "hang back"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "wait"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "shilly-shally"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "dither"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "stall"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "temporize"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be in two minds"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be in a quandary"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be in a dilemma"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be on the horns of a dilemma"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "she hesitated, unsure of what to say"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "meanskor": [
    {
      "type": "동사",
      "etymologies": "17세기 초: 라틴어 haesitat에서 - 'stuck fast, left 미정', 동사 haesitare에서, hearere에서 'stick, stay'",
      "definitions": "특히 불확실성으로 인해 무언가를 말하거나 하기 전에 잠시 멈춘다.",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "pause"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "delay"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "hang back"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "wait"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "shilly-shally"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "dither"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "stall"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "temporize"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be in two minds"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be in a quandary"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be in a dilemma"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "be on the horns of a dilemma"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "그녀는 무슨 말을 해야 할지 몰라서 망설였다."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "phrasesorg": [
    "he who hesitates is lost"
  ],
  "phraseskor": [
    "망설이는 자는 길을 잃는다."
  ]
}