chitter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtʃɪtə/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of chitterling. alt-of,alternative,dialectal
动词 v.
  1. To make a series of high-pitched sounds; to twitter, chirp or chatter.
    — It was a beautifully sunny day and beetles could be heard chittering loudly in the rose garden by the side of the path made out of antique bricks.
  2. To shiver or chatter with cold. Scotland,obsolete
    — Whare wilt thou cower thy chittering wing, / An' close thy e'e?

词形变化

chitters present,singular,third-person chittering participle,present chittered participle,past chittered past chitters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
chitter-chatter

词源

From Middle English chiteren, chitren, cheteren. Ultimately onomatopoeic; compare didder and teeter as well as German zittern.
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