单词	stutter
释义	stutter1 verbstutter2 noun stutterstut‧ter1 /ˈstʌtə $ -ər/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINstutter1 Origin: 1500-1600 stut ‘to stutter’ (14-19 centuries) Verb Table VERB TABLE stutter Simple Form Present I, you, we, they stutter he, she, it stutters Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they stuttered Present perfect I, you, we, they have stuttered he, she, it has stuttered Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had stuttered Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will stutter Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have stuttered Continuous Form Present I am stuttering he, she, it is stuttering you, we, they are stuttering Past I, he, she, it was stuttering you, we, they were stuttering Present perfect I, you, we, they have been stuttering he, she, it has been stuttering Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been stuttering Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be stuttering Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been stuttering Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Other children often teased me because I stuttered. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A string of shots stuttered nearby. Carter stuttered as a child and burns now with an eloquence that takes him over from time to time. Now he raised his hand, but when Mason called on him Boris began to stutter. Savio, a shy man who stuttered before small groups, was riveting and compelling when he spoke to thousands. That night I began to stutter. The engine was stuttering and cutting out. There was a small refrigerator which stuttered and hummed in the night, and some kitchen things. Thesaurus THESAURUSdifferent ways of saying something► whisper to say something very quietly, using your breath rather than your full voice: · ‘Don’t wake the baby,’ Jenny whispered. ► mumble to say something quietly without pronouncing the words clearly: · He mumbled his thanks. ► mutter to say something quietly, especially when you are annoyed but do not want someone to hear you complaining: · ‘This is ridiculous,’ he muttered under his breath.· She muttered something about having to go home early. ► murmur to say something in a soft slow gentle voice: · She stroked his hair and murmured, ‘Don’t worry. You’ll be all right.’ ► growl to say something in a low angry voice: · ‘As I was saying,’ Lewis growled, ‘it needs to be finished today.’ ► snarl to say something in a nasty angry way: · ‘Get out of my way!’ he snarled. ► exclaim to say something suddenly and loudly: · ‘How beautiful!’ she exclaimed. ► blurt out to suddenly say something without thinking, especially something embarrassing or secret: · It was partly nervousness that had made him blurt out the question. ► stammer/stutter to speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds, because you have a speech problem, or because you are nervous or excited: · ‘I’ll, I’ll only be a m-moment,’ he stammered. Longman Language Activatorto speak unclearly► stammer/stutter to speak with difficulty because you cannot stop yourself repeating the first sound in some words, usually several times: · Savio was a shy man who stuttered when he was nervous.· "I d-d-don't know,'' he stammered.· Most kids who stammer eventually grow out of it. ► mumble to speak quietly and not at all clearly, so that it is difficult for people to understand you: · Don't mumble -- I can't hear what you're saying.· An old man sat on the curb, mumbling and laughing to himself.mumble about: · He looked embarrassed, and mumbled something about being sorry. ► slur to speak unclearly, without separating your words or sounds correctly, usually because you are tired or have been drinking alcohol: · After just a couple of drinks, she starts to slur.slur your words: · When Lionel is tired he tends to slur his words. ► lisp to speak unclearly because you have difficulty pronouncing "s' sounds: · As a child she used to lisp.· "What time ith it?'' he lisped. 1[intransitive, transitive] to speak with difficulty because you cannot stop yourself from repeating the first consonant of some words → stammer:  ‘I’m D-d-david,’ he stuttered.► see thesaurus at say2[intransitive] if a machine stutters, it keeps making little noises and does not work smoothly:  a refrigerator which stuttered and hummed stutter1 verbstutter2 noun stutterstutter2 noun [singular] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES You can't hear Ron's stutter when he sings. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A biology student with a stutter now occupied the back room. Despite a terrible stutter, he emerged as a gifted teacher. Herman Katz was a thin, youngish man with nervous eyes and a slight stutter. I played a character in Birmingham with a limp and a stutter and they said I was overdoing it. an inability to speak normally because you stutter SYN  stammer:  a nervous stutter
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