stammer

• vi. 口吃；结结巴巴地说
• vt. 口吃；结巴着说出
• n. 口吃；结巴
• n. (Stammer)人名；(德)施塔默

来自古英语 stamerian,口吃，结巴，来自 Proto-Germanic*stamro,口吃，可能为拟声词，模仿 说话不清的声音，-er,表反复。

stammer

stammer: [OE] To stammer is etymologically to be ‘impeded’ in speech. The word comes (along with Dutch stameren) from a prehistoric West Germanic *stamrōjan, which was derived from the base *stam-, *stum- ‘check, impede’ (source also of English stem ‘halt, check’ and stumble).
=> stem, stumble

stammer (v.)

Old English stamerian "to stammer," from Proto-Germanic *stamro- (cognates: Old Norse stammr "stammering," Old Saxon stamaron, Gothic stamms "stammering," Middle Dutch and Dutch stameren, Old High German stammalon, German stammeln "to stammer," a frequentative verb related to adjective forms such as Old Frisian and German stumm "mute"). Related: Stammered; stammerer; stammering; stammeringly.

stammer (n.)

1773, from stammer (v.).

1. Five per cent of children stammer at some point.

5%的儿童在某个时期会口吃。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A speech-therapist cured his stammer.

一位言语矫治师治愈了他的口吃。

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3. He turned white and began to stammer.

他脸色发白，说话开始结巴。

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4. Most children who stammer grow out of it.

大多数口吃的儿童长大以后就好了。

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5. Many children stammer but grow out of it.

很多小孩口吃，但长大就改过来了。

来自《权威词典》