twitter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtwɪtə/|[ˈtʰwɪtʰə]   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds. countable,uncountable
    — I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.
  2. A knot or other defect in a thread or yarn which hinders spinning or weaving; a twit. Northern-England,Scotland,archaic
  3. Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format. uncountable
    — Interline twitter occurs on interlaced displays at half the field-rate.
  4. A tremulous broken sound. countable
  5. A slight trembling of the nerves. countable
  6. Chiefly in the form in a twitter: a state of excitement or nervousness; a twit. UK,countable,informal,regional
动词 v.
  1. To utter a succession of chirps. intransitive
    — The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, / The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed,
  2. (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner. intransitive,transitive
  3. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
    — Oh, the young handsom wenches, how they twitter'd, / When they but saw me shake my ware, and sing too!
  4. To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
  5. To twit; to reproach or upbraid. obsolete,transitive
    — I have repented of it many’s the good time and oft. And if he was so good to forgive me a word spoken in haste or so, it doth not become such a one as you to twitter me. He was a husband to me, he was; and if ever I did make use of an ill word or so in a passion, I never called him rascal […]
  6. Alternative form of Twitter. alt-of,alternative
    — In addition to listing specific earmarks he finds the most reprehensible, McCain said he has been twittering the “top ten” most egregious

词形变化

twitters plural twitters present,singular,third-person twittering participle,present twittered participle,past twittered past twitters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
twitter-bone twitter-boned atwitter twitterpated

词源

词源 1
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”).
词源 2
Origin unknown; possibly related to twine, twist, and twirl.
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