no obj.
1- talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants结结巴巴说话：
the child was stuttering in fright.
孩子被吓得说话结结巴巴的。
1.1
- with obj. utter in such a way结结巴巴地说出：
he shyly stuttered out an invitation to the cinema
他害羞地结结巴巴说出看电影的邀请
with direct speech 'W-what's happened?' she stuttered.“发——发生了什么事?"她结结巴巴地问道。
1.2
- (of a machine or gun) produce a series of short, sharp sounds（机器, 枪）突突地响：
she flinched as a machine gun stuttered nearby.
当近处响起突突的机关枪声时, 她退缩了。
1
- a tendency to stutter while speaking结巴, 口吃; 口吃习惯。
1.1
- a series of short, sharp sounds produced by a machine or gun（机器或枪的）突突响声。
派生词
stutterer
nounstutteringly
adverb词源
late 16th cent. (as a verb)： frequentative of dialect stut, of Germanic origin; related to German stossen 'strike against'.