yammer
英 ['j?m?]
美
- vi. 哭泣；嘆息；抱怨
- n. 哭訴；廢話；抱怨
- vt. 抱怨；大聲抱怨說
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?yammers;過去式:?yammered;過去分詞:?yammered;現在分詞:?yammering;
英文詞源
- yammer (v.)
- late 15c., "to lament," probably from Middle Dutch jammeren and cognate Middle English yeoumeren, "to mourn, complain," from Old English geomrian "to lament," from geomor "sorrowful," probably of imitative origin. Cognate with Old Saxon jamar "sad, sorrowful," German Jammer "lamentation, misery." Meaning "to make loud, annoying noise" is attested from 1510s. Related: Yammered; yammering.
雙語例句
- 1. The more European voters balk at economic reform, the more politicians yammer on about values.
- 畏懼經濟改革的歐洲選民越多, 政治家們大談特談價值觀的情況也就會越多.
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