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FREQ #8669

n. 啁啾, 唧唧喳喳声 vi. 啭, 啁啾, 颤抖 vt. 嘁嘁喳喳地讲, 抖动

发音

UK /ˈtwɪtə/
其它
US /ˈtwɪtəɹ/
US /ˈtwɪt̬əɹ/
US /ˈtʰwɪɾ.ɚ/

词形变化

twitters 复数 twittered twittering twitters 三单 twitters twittering 现在分词 twittered 过去式 twittered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.

    可数 不可数

    I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.

  2. 2.

    Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.

    不可数 商务 工程 物理 电子 可数
  3. 3.

    A tremulous broken sound.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    A slight trembling of the nerves.

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    Chiefly in the form in a twitter: a state of excitement or nervousness; a twit.

    可数 非正式 不可数
  6. 1.

    A knot or other defect in a thread or yarn which hinders spinning or weaving; a twit.

    苏格兰 古体 商务 工程
v.
  1. 1.

    To utter a succession of chirps.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner.

    不及物 及物
  3. 3.

    To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.

  4. 4.

    To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.

  5. 5.

    To twit; to reproach or upbraid.

    废旧 及物
  6. 6.

    Alternative form of Twitter.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

chirrup

上位词 2

sound communication
动词

同义词 1

chitter

上位词 4

peep chirp cheep chirrup

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English twitren, twiteren, from Old English *twiterian, from Proto-West Germanic *twitwiʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *twitwizōną (“to chirp; twitter”). Cognate with Low German twitteren (“to twitter”), German zwitzern, zwitschern (“to twitter”). Compare also Dutch kwetteren (“to twitter”), Danish kvidre (“to twitter”), Swedish kvittra (“to twitter”), dialectal Swedish tittra (“to twitter”).

来源：wiktionary