stammer

stammer
verb
  1. [no obj.]speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words
    结结巴巴地说话，结巴
    ■[with obj.]utter (words) in such a way
    结结巴巴地说，口吃着说
    I stammered out my history.
    我结结巴巴地讲述了我的过去。
    [with direct speech]‘I … I can't,’ Isabel stammered.
    “我…我不能，”伊莎贝尔结结巴巴地说道。
noun
  1. [in sing.]a tendency to stammer
    口吃，结巴
    as a young man, he had a dreadful stammer.
    作为一个年轻人，他有口吃的坏毛病。
派生
stammerer
noun
stammeringly
adverb
语源
  1. late Old English stamerian, of West Germanic origin; related to stumble. The noun dates from the late 18th cent
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