Word
yammering
/ˈjæmə/
verb
抱怨；发牢骚
yammering is the present participle of yammer.
核心释义
to complain peevishly or grumble, especially repeatedly or loudly
- 1.
抱怨；唠叨
To complain peevishly.
- 2.
大声且持续地说话
To talk loudly and persistently.
- 3.
反复说,通常是大声或抱怨地
To repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint.
- 4.
反复呼喊某人的名字
to repeatedly call someone's name.
大声不停地说；嚷嚷；反复叫某人的名字；抱怨；唠叨；大声且持续地说话；反复说,通常是大声或抱怨地
用法In use
He yammered about his new phone for twenty minutes.
用法提示：yammer 为动词过去式，表示“不停大声地说”。
The crowd yammered outside the stadium while they waited for the doors to open.
用法提示：yammer 为动词过去式，表示“纷纷嚷嚷、大声说话”。
Stop yammering and listen to me for a moment.
用法提示：yammering 为现在分词，用于 stop doing something 结构，表示“不停嚷嚷”。
yammer about sth
about 后接所抱怨的对象或话题。
The kids kept yammering about the unfair homework.
孩子们不停地抱怨作业不公平。
yammer at sb
at 后接被抱怨或纠缠的人。
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