| 单词 | stammer |
| 释义 | stam·mer1 /ˈstæmə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive, transitive] SPEAK A LANGUAGEto speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds, either because you have a speech problem, or because you are nervous, excited etc 口吃，结结巴巴地说 SYN stutter Whenever he was angry, he would begin to stammer slightly. 他一生气说话就开始有点结巴。 Ben stammered out an apology. 本结结巴巴地道了个歉。► see thesaurus at say —stammerer noun [countable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusstammer• Patterson often stammered during speeches.• Forgive me, he stammered, if I press when I should not.• Now, she stammered in his presence, gone the blustery Trudy her girlfriends knew.• Benjamin stammered out an apologetic request - how he would appreciate it if no one else was told about our visit.• Labour voices have been stammering to oblige.Related topics: Illness & disabilitystammer2 noun [countable usually singular] MISPEAK A LANGUAGEa speech problem which makes someone speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds 结巴，口吃 SYN stutter Jeff spoke with a slight stammer. 杰夫说话有点结巴。Examples from the Corpusstammer• Rivers was a shy, reticent man hampered by a stammer.• He had even developed the beginnings of a stammer.• It went back to her childhood when she had been teased by her schoolmates about her stammer.• "G-g-get up, " she said with a slight stammer.• The stammer fitted Marlowe's embarrassment and Bernard got a very good press.• Speech therapy teaches people different techniques enabling them to control their stammer and help them in conversation.Origin stammer1 Old English stamerianstam·mer1 verbstammer2 nounChineseSyllable sounds, and Corpus with a of lot speak to repeated either pauses |
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