yammer
英 ['jæmə]
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释义
词态变化
第三人称单数: yammers;过去式: yammered;过去分词: yammered;现在分词: yammering;
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. The more European voters balk at economic reform, the more politicians yammer on about values.
- 畏惧经济改革的欧洲选民越多, 政治家们大谈特谈价值观的情况也就会越多.
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英英释意
- 1. cry loudly, as of animals;
- "The coyotes were howling in the desert"
- 2. complain whiningly