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单词 twitten
释义 twitten Sussex dial.|ˈtwɪt(ə)n|
Also twitting.
[Perh. related to LG. twiete alley, land; but cf. also OE. twicen and twitchel1.]
A narrow path or passage between two walls or hedges.
1801Pennant Journ. fr. Lond. to Isle of Wight II. 77 Alleys, or, as they are called here [at Brighton] twittings, narrow passages, often not three feet wide.1860W. H. Ainsworth Ovingdean Grange 334 Having tracked a series of ‘twittens’..they issued forth into West-street.1904Sat. Rev. 2 Apr. 424/1 Along the bostals of the Downs and through the village twittens.
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