Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense stutters, present participle stuttering, past tense, past participle stuttered
1N-COUNT [usually singular]口吃;结巴 If someone has a stutter, they find it difficult to say the first sound of a word, and so they often hesitate or repeat it two or three times. 口吃;结巴
He spoke with a pronounced stutter.
他说话明显结巴。
SYN stammer, falter, speech impediment, speech defect
2VERB 口吃;说话结结巴巴 If someone stutters, they have difficulty speaking because they find it hard to say the first sound of a word. 口吃;说话结结巴巴
I was trembling so hard, I thought I would stutter when I spoke. [VERB]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + STUTTERADJECTIVE➤bad, severe嚴重的口吃▸➤slight輕微的口吃▸➤occasional偶爾口吃VERB + STUTTER➤have, speak with口吃;結結巴巴地說話◇He spoke with a stutter, which got worse when he was angry.他說話結結巴巴的,生氣時更為嚴重。