twitter

英 ['twɪtə(r)] 美 ['twɪtər]

• vi. 吱吱叫；啁啾；唧唧喳喳地说话；在Twitter上发微博
• vt. 激动或紧张地说
• n. 啁啾声；激动或兴奋而紧张；在Twitter上发的微博
• Twitter.
• n. 推特（著名社交网络和微博客服务的网站）

英英释义

Noun:

1. a series of chirps

Verb:

1. make high-pitched sounds, as of birds

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. The twitter of birds among the bushes made me very happy.
   树丛中鸟儿唧唧喳喳的叫声使我兴高采烈。
2. Birds had begun to chirp and twitter among the trees.
   鸟儿开始在树丛中啁啾鸣啭。
3. Stop twittering!
   别再唧唧喳喳地说了！
4. Some members of Congress twittered through the President's big speech.
   一些国会议员在总统演讲的时候在Twitter上发微博。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. "It's so marvellous to see you!" she twittered.
   “见到你可太好啦!”她兴奋地说。

用作名词 (n.)

1. She was delighted to hear the twitter of the birds somewhere near her window.
   她很高兴地听着窗外鸟儿的鸣叫声。
2. The news set everyone in a twitter.
   这个消息使大家紧张得要命。
3. We were all of a twitter on the wedding day.
   举行婚礼的那一天，我们都兴奋极了。

经典引文

• The dazed feeling passed off, leaving me all of a twitter.

  出自： P. G. Wodehouse

• Twittering on and on..until I finally gabbled to a stop.

  出自：Slimming

• She talked to me..in her skeptically hoarse, twittering English.

  出自：Raritan

词汇搭配

• all of a twitter 非常紧张
• all in a twitter 非常紧张
• of a twitter 紧张得要命
• in a twitter 十分忙乱

近反义词

【近义词】

• sweat 汗水
• cheep 吱吱地叫
• footle 胡闹
• chirrup 吱喳声
• chitter 啾啾而鸣