stutter學測 L6KK [ˈstʌtɚ]/ˈstʌtɚ/
口吃;言語障礙·結巴;不流暢
名詞動詞同形,詞性判斷常考
Nervous before his speech, Tom began to stutter over the same word again and again.

湯姆上台演講前很緊張,同一個字結巴地重複又重複。

stutter 身兼名詞、動詞兩種身份,而全球約 1% 人口有口吃,與智商無關。

一個畫面:話語卡住跳針

喉頭卡住聲音卡在喉嚨吐不出來
跳針重複同一個音節不斷彈出來
拉長聲音把某個音硬拉長不放

義項

口吃跳針B2noun口吃;言語障礙
His stutter got worse before the big test.
他的口吃在大型測驗前變得更嚴重。
have a stutter
結巴跳針B2verb結巴;不流暢
The boy started to stutter when the teacher asked him a question.
老師提問時,那個男孩開始結巴。
start to stutter

片語

have a stutter長期口吃 →有口吃的毛病
stutter to a halt卡卡停下 →斷斷續續地停下來
stutter out an apology結巴道歉 →結結巴巴地道歉

你會不會這樣說?

He has a ___ that makes him repeat sounds when he talks. (stutter / shutter)

看答案

stutter

stutter 是口吃,shutter 是百葉窗,拼字只差一個字母。

'The boy started to stutter when the teacher asked him a question.' 這裡的 stutter 是哪一種詞性?(A) 名詞 (B) 動詞

看答案

(B)

stutter 接在 to 之後作動詞用,指說話結巴。

字族

stutterer 口吃者・stuttering 結巴的;不流暢的

順路看看

stammer同義詞,也指結巴地說話

延伸練習

回報這個字的錯誤