| 释义 |
tittupy, a. colloq.|ˈtɪtəpɪ|
[f. tittup n.1 or v. + -y.]
Apt to tittup or tip up; unsteady, shaky.
1798Jane Austen Northang. Abb. ix, Did you ever see such a little tittuppy thing in your life? There is not a sound piece of iron about it. 1865A. Manning Selvaggio 189 ‘Shall we have a little sail?’ ‘Hum—I think not... I think the Petrel a tituppy little thing’. 1881Leicestersh. Gloss., Tittupy, adj. unsteady; shaky; ricketty: often applied to furniture. |