tit·bit
noun/ˈtɪtbɪt/
/ˈtɪtbɪt/
(British English) (North American English tidbit)
- a small special piece of food
小片食物 - She had saved a few titbits for her cat.
她给猫留了点好吃的东西。
- She had saved a few titbits for her cat.
- a small but interesting piece of news
花絮；趣闻；逸事 - titbits of gossip
蜚短流长
- titbits of gossip
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as tyd bit, tid-bit): from dialect tid ‘tender’ (of unknown origin) + bit ‘small amount of something’.