“twitter”在英语中的释义

noun

1. (uncountable) The sound of a succession of chirps as uttered by birds.

   • I often listen to the twitter of the birds in the park.

2. (uncountable, electronics) Unwanted flicker that occurs in interlaced displays when the image contains vertical detail that approaches the horizontal resolution of the video format.

3. (countable) A tremulous broken sound.

4. (countable) A slight trembling of the nerves.

5. (countable, informal or British, regional) Chiefly in the form in a twitter: a state of excitement or nervousness; a twit.

verb

1. (intransitive) To utter a succession of chirps.

2. (intransitive, transitive) (of a person) To talk in an excited or nervous manner.

3. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.

4. To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.

5. (obsolete, transitive) To twit; to reproach or upbraid.

6. Alternative form of Twitter.

noun

1. (Northern England, Scotland, weaving, archaic) A knot or other defect in a thread or yarn which hinders spinning or weaving; a twit.