Twitter

['twɪtə] or ['twɪtɚ]

解釋/意思:

(n.) One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.

(v. i.) To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises.

(v. i.) To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.

(v. i.) To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.

(v. t.) To utter with a twitter.

(n.) The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow.

(n.) A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle.

(n.) A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.

校對:迈克尔

解釋/意思:

n. a chirp as of a bird: a tremulous broken sound: a slight trembling of the nerves.—v.i. to make a succession of small tremulous noises: to feel a slight trembling of the nerves to palpitate.—v.t. to chirp out.—ns. Twitterā′tion a flutter; Twitt′ering act of twittering: the sound of twittering: nervous excitement.—adv. Twitt′eringly.

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