awkward (/slow) of speech; inarticulate ❍ 冯永祥在平时是以能说会道出名于工商界的，现在却变得好象是一个笨嘴笨舌的人了，话老是一句搭不上一句。(周而复《上海的早晨》Ⅰ—98) Feng Yongxiang,who had earned a reputation in business circles for having a ready and eloquent tongue,now seemed to have turned into a tongue-tied stammerer unable to put two words together.