yammer
英 ['j?m?]
美
- vi. 哭泣；嘆息；抱怨
- n. 哭訴；廢話(huà)；抱怨
- vt. 抱怨；大聲抱怨說(shuō)
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?yammers;過(guò)去式:?yammered;過(guò)去分詞:?yammered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?yammering;
英英釋意
- 1. cry loudly, as of animals;
- "The coyotes were howling in the desert"
- 2. complain whiningly
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.