单词 | yammer |
释义 | yam·mer ![]() v. yam·mered, yam·mer·ing, yam·mers v.intr. 1. To talk volubly and often loudly. 2. To complain peevishly; whine: "Congress grumbled and yammered about putting up the money for the new plane" (Thomas J. Fleming). v.tr. To utter or say loudly or in a complaining tone. n. The act of yammering. [Middle English yameren, to lament, alteration (probably influenced by Middle Dutch jammeren, to lament) of earlier Middle English yomeren, from Old English gēomrian, gēomerian, from gēomer, sad, sorrowful; akin to Old High German jāmar, perhaps ultimately of imitative origin.] yammer·er n. |
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