utter
utter 英 [ˈʌtə(r)] 美 [ˈʌtɚ]
vt. 出声；说 adj. 完全的；十足的
进行时:uttering 过去式:uttered 过去分词:uttered 第三人称单数:utters 名词复数:utters
- The adjective utter is often used as an intensifier to mean "total" — often with negative connotations (like "utter failure"). As a verb, the word has a totally unrelated meaning: to speak or to articulate a sound.
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- vt. 出声；说
- adj. 完全的；十足的
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1. That's complete and utter nonsense!
那纯属一派胡言！
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2. To my utter amazement she agreed.
令我大感意外的是，她同意了。
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3. He felt an utter fool.
他觉得自己蠢到家了。
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4. She utterly failed to convince them.
她根本没有说服他们。
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5. to utter a cry
发出喊叫声
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6. She did not utter a word during lunch .
进午餐时，她一言未发。
- utter (adj.) Old English utera, uterra, "outer, exterior, external," from Proto-Germanic *utizon (source also of Old Norse utar, Old Frisian uttra, Middle Dutch utere, Dutch uiter-, Old High German uzar, German äußer "outer"), comparative adjective from ut (see out (adv.)). Meaning "complete, total" (i.e. "going to the utmost point") is from early 15c.
- utter (v.) "speak, say," c. 1400, in part from Middle Dutch uteren or Middle Low German utern "to turn out, show, speak," from uter "outer," comparative adjective from ut "out" (see utter (adj.)); in part from Middle English verb outen "to disclose," from Old English utan "to put out," from ut (see out (v.)). Compare German äussern "to utter, express," from aus "out;" and colloquial phrase out with it "speak up!" Formerly also used as a commercial verb (as release is now). Related: Uttered; uttering.
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