no obj.
1
- (of a bird) give a call consisting of repeated light tremulous sounds（鸟）吱吱叫, 啁啾。
1.1
- talk in a light, high-pitched voice尖声说话：
old ladies in the congregation twittered.
人群中的老年妇女说话声音很尖。
1.2
- talk rapidly and at length in an idle or trivial way嘁嘁喳喳地讲：
he twittered on about buying a new workshop
他嘁嘁喳喳地说要买个新作坊
with direct speech 'What a great crowd', Perry twittered.“好大一群人啊！”佩里嘁嘁喳喳地说道。
2
- make a posting on the social networking site Twitter在推特网上发微博：
many active bloggers are twittering more and more these days.
眼下许多活跃的博主发的微博越来越多了。
1
- a series of short, high-pitched calls or sounds吱吱的声音：
his words were cut off by a faint electronic twitter.
他的话被电子器件隐隐约约的吱吱声打断。
1.1
- mass noun idle or ignorant talk闲话; 无聊话：
drawing-room twitter.
客厅里的闲聊。
WORD TRENDS
See TWEET.
短语
in（或of）a twitter
- informal in a state of agitation or excitement〈非正式〉十分激动; 非常紧张。
派生词
twitterer
nountwittery
adjective词源
late Middle English (as a verb)： imitative.