twit·ter
verb/ˈtwɪtə(r)/
/ˈtwɪtər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they twitter | /ˈtwɪtə(r)/ /ˈtwɪtər/ |
| he / she / it twitters | /ˈtwɪtəz/ /ˈtwɪtərz/ |
| past simple twittered | /ˈtwɪtəd/ /ˈtwɪtərd/ |
| past participle twittered | /ˈtwɪtəd/ /ˈtwɪtərd/ |
| -ing form twittering | /ˈtwɪtərɪŋ/ /ˈtwɪtərɪŋ/ |
- (also tweet)[intransitive] when birds twitter, they make a series of short, high sounds
（鸟）唧啾，叽喳，啁啾 - [intransitive, transitive] (especially British English) to talk quickly in a high excited voice, especially about something that is not very important
唧唧喳喳地说话 - twitter (on) (about somebody/something) Perry was always twittering on about something or other.
佩里总是在叽叽喳喳地谈论一些事情。 - + speech ‘Oh, you are too kind,’ twittered Mrs Bennet.
“哦，你太善良了，”班纳特夫人叽叽喳喳地说。
- twitter (on) (about somebody/something) Perry was always twittering on about something or other.
- (also more frequent tweet)[intransitive, transitive] twitter (something) to send a message or picture using the Twitter™ social media service
使用 Twitter™ 社交媒体服务发送消息或图片 - Some members of Congress twittered through the President’s big speech.
一些国会议员在总统的重要讲话中发表了推特。
- Some members of Congress twittered through the President’s big speech.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): imitative.