柯林斯詞典
1. V-I When birds twitter, they make a lot of short high-pitched sounds. 吱吱喳喳地叫
There were birds twittering in the eucalyptus trees. 桉樹(shù)上鳥(niǎo)兒在吱吱喳喳地叫。
...a tree filled with twittering birds. ...枝頭上落滿(mǎn)了啁啾鳥(niǎo)雀的一棵樹(shù)。
2. N-UNCOUNT Twitter is also a noun. 吱吱喳喳的叫聲[usu N 'of' n]
Naomi would waken to the twitter of birds. 娜奧米會(huì)被鳥(niǎo)兒吱吱喳喳的叫聲吵醒。
3. V-I If you say that someone is twittering about something, you mean that they are speaking about silly or unimportant things, usually somewhat fast or in a high-pitched voice. 嘁嘁喳喳地說(shuō)
...debutantes twittering excitedly about Christian Dior dresses. ...正嘁嘁喳喳興奮地議論著克里斯汀·迪奧女裝的初入社交界的年輕女性們。
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twitter /?tw?t?/ (twittering,twittered,twitters)
劍橋詞典
twitter verb [I] (BIRD)
(of a bird ) to make a series of short , high sounds
(鳥(niǎo))鳴囀,啁啾
I was woken up by a bird twittering just outside my window . 一大早我就被窗外一只嘰嘰喳喳的小鳥(niǎo)弄醒了。
twitter verb [I] (PERSON)
to talk quickly and nervously in a high voice , saying very little of importance or interest
嘰嘰喳喳地說(shuō)話(huà)
She comes in here when I'm trying to work and just twitters on about nothing. 我在工作時(shí)她進(jìn)來(lái)了,嘰嘰喳喳地盡給我講一些雞毛蒜皮的事。 返回 twitter