Stutter



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.口吃, 结巴; n.口吃, 结巴
• ［英］ v.口吃, 结巴 ( to speak with involuntary disruption of speech)
• ［类］ limp : walk / stutter : talk ( 跛行走路不便 / 口吃说话不便)
• ［例］ She has a slight stutter.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: frequentative of English dialect stut to stutter, from Middle English stutten; akin to Dutch stotteren to stutter, Gothic stautan to strike — more at contusion
• Date: 1566
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to speak with involuntary disruption or blocking of speech (as by spasmodic repetition or prolongation of vocal sounds)
  • 2. to move or act in a halting or spasmodic manner <the old jalopy bucks and stutters uphill — William Cleary>
• transitive verb
  • to say, speak, or sound with or as if with a stutter
• ? stutterer noun

II. noun

• Date: 1651
• 1. an act or instance of stuttering
• 2. a speech disorder involving stuttering

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