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stutter

verb
🔊/ˈstʌtə(r)/
🔊/ˈstʌtər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they stutter
🔊/ˈstʌtə(r)/
🔊/ˈstʌtər/
he / she / it stutters
🔊/ˈstʌtəz/
🔊/ˈstʌtərz/
past simple stuttered
🔊/ˈstʌtəd/
🔊/ˈstʌtərd/
past participle stuttered
🔊/ˈstʌtəd/
🔊/ˈstʌtərd/
-ing form stuttering
🔊/ˈstʌtərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈstʌtərɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] to have difficulty speaking because you cannot stop yourself from repeating the first sound of some words several times口吃；结结巴巴地说 synonym stammer
    • + speech ‘W-w-what?’ he stuttered.“什…什…什么？” 他结结巴巴地说。🔊🔊
    • stutter (something) I managed to stutter a reply.我结结巴巴，好不容易应了一句。🔊🔊
  2. [intransitive] (of a vehicle or an engine车辆或发动机) to move or start with difficulty, making short sharp noises or movements突突地吃力行驶（或艰难启动、艰难运转）
    • The car stuttered along in first gear.汽车挂了一挡，突突地缓缓前进。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a verb): frequentative of dialect stut, of Germanic origin; related to German stossen ‘strike against’.

stutter

noun
🔊/ˈstʌtə(r)/
🔊/ˈstʌtər/
[singular]
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  1. a speech problem in which a person finds it difficult to say the first sound of a word and repeats it several times口吃；结巴
    • He had a terrible stutter.他患严重口吃。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bad
    • severe
    • slight
    • …
    verb + stutter
    • have
    • speak with
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a verb): frequentative of dialect stut, of Germanic origin; related to German stossen ‘strike against’.