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单词 yammer
释义 yam·mer
I. \ˈyamə(r)\ verb
(yammered ; yammered ; yammering \-m(ə)riŋ\ ; yammers)
Etymology: alteration (influenced by German jammern) of Middle English yomeren to murmur, complain, be sad, from Old English gēomrian; akin to Old High German jāmarōn to complain, be sad, jāmar distress, misery — more at katzenjammer
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to utter repeated cries of distress or sorrow : wail, whimper
  < a child that kept yammering till its mother came >
 b. : to utter persistent complaints : whine, grumble, scold
  < yammered at an umpire loudly enough to get himself tossed out of a game — Time >
2. : to talk persistently or volubly and often loudly
 < yammering and gesticulating to each other about their … adventures — Frederick Mears >
 < caused the purists to yammer for censorship — D.W.Maurer >
 < yammers away about the brotherhood of man — P.B.Kyne >
3. : to make a loud repetitive noise
 < heard the diesels yammering monotonously belowdecks >
transitive verb
: to utter complainingly, insistently, or volubly
II. noun
(-s)
: a yammering utterance or noise
 < set up a petulant yammer >
 < the yammer of a machine gun >
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