twitter

1. V-I When birds twitter, they make a lot of short high-pitched sounds. 吱吱喳喳地叫

There were birds twittering in the eucalyptus trees. 桉樹(shù)上鳥(niǎo)兒在吱吱喳喳地叫。

...a tree filled with twittering birds. ...枝頭上落滿(mǎn)了啁啾鳥(niǎo)雀的一棵樹(shù)。

2. N-UNCOUNT Twitter is also a noun. 吱吱喳喳的叫聲[usu N 'of' n]

Naomi would waken to the twitter of birds. 娜奧米會(huì)被鳥(niǎo)兒吱吱喳喳的叫聲吵醒。

3. V-I If you say that someone is twittering about something, you mean that they are speaking about silly or unimportant things, usually somewhat fast or in a high-pitched voice. 嘁嘁喳喳地說(shuō)

...debutantes twittering excitedly about Christian Dior dresses. ...正嘁嘁喳喳興奮地議論著尅裡斯汀·迪奧女裝的初入社交界的年輕女性們。