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tweet

noun
🔊/twiːt/
🔊/twiːt/
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  1. a message sent using the Twitter social media service运用推特社交网络发送的信息
    • He started posting tweets via his cell phone to keep friends and family updated on his progress.他开始通过手机发布推文，以使朋友和家人了解他的进度。
    Topics Phones, email and the internetb1
  2. the short, high sound made by a small bird（小鸟的）唧啾，吱喳
    More Like This Animal soundsAnimal sounds
    Topics Birdsc2
    3. Word Originmid 19th cent.: imitative.

tweet

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they tweet
🔊/twiːt/
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he / she / it tweets
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past simple tweeted
🔊/ˈtwiːtɪd/
🔊/ˈtwiːtɪd/
past participle tweeted
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🔊/ˈtwiːtɪd/
-ing form tweeting
🔊/ˈtwiːtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈtwiːtɪŋ/
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  1. (also less frequent twitter)
     [intransitive, transitive] to send a message or picture using the Twitter social media service运用推特社交网络发送的信息
    • tweet about something She's always tweeting about environmental issues.她一直在发布有关环境问题的推文。
    • tweet something He tweeted a picture of himself with fans at the rally.他在集会上与粉丝们发了一张自己的照片。
    Topics Phones, email and the internetb1
  2. (also twitter)
     [intransitive] when birds tweet, they make a series of short, high sounds（小鸟的）唧啾，吱喳
    More Like This Animal soundsAnimal sounds
    Topics Birdsc2
    3. Word Originmid 19th cent.: imitative.