yammer
英 ['jæmə]
美
- vi. 哭泣；叹息；抱怨
- n. 哭诉；废话；抱怨
- vt. 抱怨；大声抱怨说
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;
英英释意
- 1. cry loudly, as of animals;
- "The coyotes were howling in the desert"
- 2. complain whiningly
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.