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twitter

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/
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  1. (also tweet)
     [intransitive] when birds twitter, they make a series of short, high sounds（鸟）唧啾，叽喳，啁啾Topics Birdsc2
  2. [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.佩里总是在推销某事。
    • + speech ‘Oh, you are too kind,’ twittered Mrs Bennet.哦，你太客气了，班纳特太太说。
  3. (also tweet)
     [intransitive, transitive] twitter (something) to send a message or picture using the Twitter social media service用推特发信息
    • Some members of Congress twittered through the President’s big speech.一些国会议员在总统发表重要演讲时大说三来。
    Topics Phones, email and the internetb2
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): imitative.

twitter

noun
🔊/ˈtwɪtə(r)/
🔊/ˈtwɪtər/
 [singular]
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  1. (also twittering)
     a series of short, high sounds that birds make（鸟的）唧啾声，叽叽叫声
    • the twitter of starlings星星的天分
    Topics Birdsc2
  2. (informal) a state of nervous excitement兴奋；紧张；激动
    • She had been all of a twitter since she heard the good news that morning.自从那天早上听到好消息以来，她一直是个推特。
  3. (also tweet)
     a message sent using the Twitter social media service 用推特发信息
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): imitative.