mammer

vi. [英国方言]; 口吃; 犹豫不决, 踌躇 vt. 使慌乱, 使困惑

词形变化

mammered mammering mammers 三单 mammers mammering 现在分词 mammered 过去式 mammered 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To hesitate.

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    Tell me, Othello: I wonder in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny, Or stand so mammering on — Shakespeare, Othello.

  2. 2.

    To mumble or stammer from doubt or hesitation.

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词源

From Middle English mameren (“to hesitate, be undecided, waver, mutter”), from Old English māmrian, māmorian (“to think through, deliberate, plan out, design”), from Proto-Germanic *maimrōną (“to take care, worry”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *smer- (“to fall into thought, remember, take care”). Related to Old English māmor (“deep thought, deep sleep, unconsciousness”), Old English mimorian (“to remember”), Dutch mijmeren (“to ponder, muse”). More at remember.

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