mammer

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmæm.ə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈmæm.ɚ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To hesitate. rare
    — 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. To mumble or stammer from doubt or hesitation. rare

词形变化

mammers present,singular,third-person mammering participle,present mammered participle,past mammered past

词汇关系

衍生词
mammery mammering

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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