chirrup

n. 吱喳声 v. 吱喳地叫

发音

US /ˈt͡ʃɪɹəp/

词形变化

chirrups 复数 chirrups chirruped chirruping chirrups 三单 chirruping 现在分词 chirruped 过去式 chirruped 过去分词

别名

cherup

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A series of chirps, clicks or clucks.

    1845 Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth, Chirp the First, And here, if you like, the Cricket DID chime in! with a Chirrup, Chirrup, Chirrup of such magnitude, by way of chorus […]

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries the slight chirrup of a stoppered phial being opened

  2. 2.

    A brief, high-pitched, insignificant statement.

    贬义 比喻
v.
  1. 1.

    To make a series of chirps, clicks, or clucks.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To express by chirping.

    及物

    The crickets chirruped their song.

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries 'Busy, Max?' chirruped the familiar voice of his friend the inquiry agent—incurably brisk and debonair even after its ten miles' journey along the wire.

  3. 3.

    To quicken or animate by chirping.

    及物

    to chirrup a horse

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

twitter

上位词 1

sound
动词

同义词 3

peep chirp cheep

上位词 4

utter emit let out let loose

下位词 2

twitter chitter

词源

Variant of chirp.

来源：wiktionary