stammer

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstammerstam‧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 SYN stutter Whenever he was angry, he would begin to stammer slightly. Ben stammered out an apology.► 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 & disabilitystammerstammer2 noun [countable usually singular] MISPEAK A LANGUAGEa speech problem which makes someone speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds SYN stutter Jeff spoke with a slight stammer.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 stamerian

单词	stammer
释义	stammer From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstammerstam‧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 SYN stutter Whenever he was angry, he would begin to stammer slightly. Ben stammered out an apology.► 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 & disabilitystammerstammer2 noun [countable usually singular] MISPEAK A LANGUAGEa speech problem which makes someone speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds SYN stutter Jeff spoke with a slight stammer.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 stamerian
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