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stammer



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vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    口吃,結結巴巴地說話

                      The little child stammers in the presence of strangers.

                      那小孩在陌生人面前說話就結巴。



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    結結巴巴地說[(+out)]

                      He stammered out an answer.

                      他結結巴巴地作了回答。



n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    口吃,結巴[S1]

                      He's got a nervous stammer.

                      他一緊張就要結巴。





Dictionary.com



–verb (used without object) 

1. to speak with involuntary breaks and pauses, or with spasmodic (抽筋的) repetitions of syllables or sounds.  



–verb (used with object) 

2. to say with a stammer (often fol. by out).  



–noun 

3. a stammering mode of utterance. 

4. a stammered utterance.  



—Synonyms 

1. pause, hesitate, falter. 



Stammer, stutter mean to speak with some form of difficulty. 



Stammer, the general term, suggests a speech difficulty that results in broken or inarticulate sounds and sometimes in complete stoppage of speech; it may be temporary, caused by sudden excitement, confusion, embarrassment, or other emotion, or it may be so deep-seated as to require special treatment for its correction. 



Stutter, the parallel term preferred in technical usage, designates a broad range of defects that produce spasmodic interruptions of the speech rhythm, repetitions, or prolon/ga/tions of sounds or syllables: 



The child's stutter was no mere stammer of embarrassment. 



Conclusion: Stammer > Stutter





　At first glance, it might look like Cera's delivering his same old familiar brand of awkwardness, but reading between his lines even the littlest bit reveals that Bleeker's stammering comes from a totally different place.





see falter glib spasm epileptic