witter

FREQ #35922

vi. 没完没了地唠叨琐事

发音

UK /ˈwɪtə(ɹ)/
其它
US /ˈwɪtɚ/
US /ˈwɪɾɚ/

词形变化

witters 三单 wittering 现在分词 wittered 过去式 wittered 过去分词 more witter 比较级 most witter 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To speak at length on a trivial subject.

    非正式 不及物

    She got home and started wittering about some religious cult she’d just heard about.

  2. 1.

    to make sure, inform, or declare.

    方言 不及物 废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    knowing, certain, sure, wis.

    方言 废旧

词源

From Middle English witteren, witeren, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse vitra (“to make wise, make sure”), from Proto-Germanic *witrōną (“to make wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Icelandic vitra (“to make wise, make certain”), Icelandic vitur (“wise”). More at wit, wis.

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