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. 桉樹上鳥兒在吱吱喳喳地叫。
...a tree filled with twittering birds. ...枝頭上落滿了啁啾鳥雀的一棵樹。
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. 娜奧米會被鳥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
...debutantes twittering excitedly about Christian Dior dresses. ...正嘁嘁喳喳興奮地議論著尅裡斯汀·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)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衹嘰嘰喳喳的小鳥弄醒了。
twitter verb [I] (PERSON)
to talk quickly and nervously in a high voice , saying very little of importance or interest
嘰嘰喳喳地說話
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)來了,嘰嘰喳喳地盡給我講一些雞毛蒜皮的事。 返回 twitter