tweedle

FREQ #26475

n. 动听的尖细声, 鸟叫声 vi. 啭鸣 vt. 诱骗

发音

AU /ˈtwiːdəl/

词形变化

tweedles 复数 tweedles tweedled tweedles 三单 tweedling tweedling 现在分词 tweedled 过去式 tweedled 过去分词

别名

twidle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sound of the kind made by a fiddle.

  2. 2.

    A confidence trick in which fake jewellery is sold as genuine.

    英国 俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward playing on a fiddle.

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.

    废旧 及物 引申义
  3. 3.

    To twiddle.

  4. 4.

    To sell fake jewellery as genuine.

    英国 俚语
  5. 5.

    To make a shrill or trilling sound

  6. 6.

    To say in a high-pitched voice.

  7. 7.

    To trifle or play.

  8. 8.

    To go; to proceed without much enthusiasm.

  9. 9.

    To move or speak in unison (like Tweedledum and Tweedledee)

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

chirp

上位词 5

play sing lure tempt entice

词源

said to be imitative, probably influenced by wheedle. Compare teedle, toodle, twiddle

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