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单词 yammer
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yammer in British English

(ˈjæmə) informal
verb
1. 
to utter or whine in a complaining or peevish manner
2. 
to make (a complaint) loudly or persistently
3. (intransitive)
(esp of an animal) to howl or wail plaintively or distressingly; yelp or yowl
noun
4.  Also: yammering
a whining sound, wail, or utterance
5. 
nonsense; jabber
Derived forms
yammerer (ˈyammerer)
noun
Word origin
Old English geōmrian to grumble, complain; related to Old High German iāmar misery, lamentation, Old Norse amra to howl

yammer in American English

(ˈjæmər)
verb intransitive
1. 
to whine, whimper, or complain
2. 
to shout, yell, clamor, etc.
3. 
to talk loudly or continually
verb transitive
4. 
to say loudly and fretfully
noun
5. 
the act of yammering, or something yammered
Derived forms
yammerer (ˈyammerer)
noun
Word origin
ME yameren < OE geomerian, to lament, groan < geomor, sad, mournful, wretched: infl. by MDu & MLowG jammeren, of echoic orig.

Examples of 'yammer' in a sentence
yammer

The yammering noise of gunfire ripped through the night.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It's the equivalent of a yammering house track suddenly becoming a mellow jazz riff.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The yammering howls came closer.
Tepper, Sheri S. A Plague of Angels (1993)
He didn't make points that could be addressed, but yammered on with rambling gloom.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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