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utter

adjective
🔊/ˈʌtə(r)/
🔊/ˈʌtər/
[only before noun]
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  1. used to emphasize how complete something is完全的；十足的；彻底的
    • That's complete and utter nonsense!那纯属一派胡言！🔊🔊
    • To my utter amazement she agreed.令我大感意外的是，她同意了。🔊🔊
    • He felt an utter fool.他觉得自己蠢到家了。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He felt like an utter fool.他觉得自己像个傻瓜。
    • It was an act of utter selfishness.这是完全自私的行为。
    • She could see the utter futility of trying to protest.她明白想要抗议是完全无用的。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUtter is used with these nouns:
    • agony
    • amazement
    • annoyance
    • …
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    Word Originadjective Old English ūtera, ūttra ‘outer’, comparative of ūt ‘out’; compare with outer.

utter

verb
🔊/ˈʌtə(r)/
🔊/ˈʌtər/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they utter
🔊/ˈʌtə(r)/
🔊/ˈʌtər/
he / she / it utters
🔊/ˈʌtəz/
🔊/ˈʌtərz/
past simple uttered
🔊/ˈʌtəd/
🔊/ˈʌtərd/
past participle uttered
🔊/ˈʌtəd/
🔊/ˈʌtərd/
-ing form uttering
🔊/ˈʌtərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈʌtərɪŋ/
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  1. utter something to make a sound with your voice; to say something出声；说；讲
    • He uttered a great cry of anger.他发出愤怒的哀号。
    • She did not utter a word during lunch (= said nothing).进午餐时，她一言未发。🔊🔊
    • My mother hardly uttered a word the entire afternoon.我妈妈整个下午几乎一言不发。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUtter is used with these nouns as the object:
    • blasphemy
    • cry
    • curse
    • …
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    Word Originverb late Middle English: from Middle Dutch ūteren ‘speak, make known, give currency to coins’.