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1
- be indecisive犹豫不决：
I can't bear people who dither
我受不了优柔寡断的人
he was dithering about the election date.
他拿不准选举的日子。
2
- with obj. add white noise to (a digital recording) to reduce distortion of low-amplitude signals对（数字录音）进行噪声处理。
2.1
- with obj. Computing display or print (an image) without sharp edges so that there appear to be more colours in it than are really available【计算机】混色, 抖色：
as adj. dithered dithered bit maps.抖色位图。
1
- mass noun informal indecisive behaviour〈非正式〉犹豫不决：
after months of dither ministers had still not agreed.
在犹豫了几个月之后, 大臣们还是没有达成一致意见。
2
- in sing. a state of agitation颤抖; 激动, 兴奋：
all of a dither, he prophesied instant chaos.
他浑身颤抖, 预言骚乱已是迫在眉睫。
派生词
ditherer
noundithery
adjective词源
mid 17th cent. （in the dialect sense 'tremble， quiver'）： variant of dialect didder; related to DODDER1.