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to speak with difficulty, repeating sounds or words and often stopping, before saying things correctly 口吃；结结巴巴地说 Many children stammer but grow out of it. 很多小孩口吃，但长大后就改过来了。 🔊🔊 - + speech
‘W-w-what?’ he stammered. “什…什…什么？” 他结巴着说。 🔊🔊 - stammer something (out)
She was barely able to stammer out a description of her attacker. 她只能勉强结结巴巴地说一说袭击她的人是什么模样。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations DictionaryStammer is used with these nouns as the object:- apology
Word Originlate Old English stamerian, of West Germanic origin; related to stumble. The noun dates from the late 18th cent.