英语词汇“twitting”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

Noun Only a complete twit would insult his hosts.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

And making Gracie a useless twit who gets everyone else into trouble seems like a cop-out, unfair to the character and insulting to audiences.

Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021 Unfortunately, even Lemann’s abbreviated portrait of Hoffman as visionary thinker and mover-and-shaker reveals him to be just another of Silicon Valley’s insular, arrogant, faux-populist twits.

Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019 Jones makes the Chief Factor a pompous twit without resorting to caricature, while Shepherd is similarly measured in conveying the Captain's sense of smart superiority.

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2019 An underhanded, ambitious twit rises to the top of the corporate heap and, in the final moments, sets his sites on the U.S. presidency.

Jordan Riefe, Orange County Register, 31 July 2019 His pompous broadcaster character remains a twit throughout each new installment, but Partridge’s career is a bit different each time, depending on whether his brand of windbaggery is in fashion in the real world.

Noel Murray, The Verge, 27 June 2019 Her boyfriend is the twit, who is the one who killed her brother.

John Orr, The Mercury News, 13 June 2019 Also complicating matters is a society gold digger named Lady Jaqueline Carstone (Lisa O’Hare), who promptly ditches her twit of a fiancé, Gerald Bolingbroke (Mark Evans), when Snibson’s higher earning potential emerges.

Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 May 2018 This version of the Cinderella story sets the gentle, patient heroine against the comic grotesqueries of her domineering stepmother and twit-like stepsisters.

Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2018

Verb

Nosy birds twit and tweet from their leafy vantage points.

Variety, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English atwiten to reproach, from Old English ætwītan, from æt at + wītan to reproach; akin to Old High German wīzan to punish, Old English witan to know

First Known Use

Noun

1528, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Verb

1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	twitting
释义	twit 1 of 2 noun ˈtwit 1 : a silly annoying person : fool 2 : an act of twitting : taunt twit 2 of 2 verb twitted; twitting transitive verb 1 : to subject to light ridicule or reproach : rally 2 : to make fun of as a fault Example Sentences Noun Only a complete twit would insult his hosts. Recent Examples on the Web Noun And making Gracie a useless twit who gets everyone else into trouble seems like a cop-out, unfair to the character and insulting to audiences. Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021 Unfortunately, even Lemann’s abbreviated portrait of Hoffman as visionary thinker and mover-and-shaker reveals him to be just another of Silicon Valley’s insular, arrogant, faux-populist twits. Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019 Jones makes the Chief Factor a pompous twit without resorting to caricature, while Shepherd is similarly measured in conveying the Captain's sense of smart superiority. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2019 An underhanded, ambitious twit rises to the top of the corporate heap and, in the final moments, sets his sites on the U.S. presidency. Jordan Riefe, Orange County Register, 31 July 2019 His pompous broadcaster character remains a twit throughout each new installment, but Partridge’s career is a bit different each time, depending on whether his brand of windbaggery is in fashion in the real world. Noel Murray, The Verge, 27 June 2019 Her boyfriend is the twit, who is the one who killed her brother. John Orr, The Mercury News, 13 June 2019 Also complicating matters is a society gold digger named Lady Jaqueline Carstone (Lisa O’Hare), who promptly ditches her twit of a fiancé, Gerald Bolingbroke (Mark Evans), when Snibson’s higher earning potential emerges. Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 May 2018 This version of the Cinderella story sets the gentle, patient heroine against the comic grotesqueries of her domineering stepmother and twit-like stepsisters. Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2018 Verb Nosy birds twit and tweet from their leafy vantage points. Variety, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019 See More Word History Etymology Verb Middle English atwiten to reproach, from Old English ætwītan, from æt at + wītan to reproach; akin to Old High German wīzan to punish, Old English witan to know First Known Use Noun 1528, in the meaning defined at sense 2 Verb 1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1 twitting verb present participle of twit as in teasing Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance teasing razzing quizzing harassing disparaging taunting joshing belittling ribbing kidding chaffing jiving tweaking riding heckling ragging tormenting pestering baiting decrying rallying bugging harrying targeting bad-mouthing poohing hassling catcalling scorning pooh-poohing needling imitating jeering barracking ridiculing mocking gibing satirizing deriding mimicking aping parodying caricaturing lampooning pillorying burlesquing parroting jibing scouting skewering putting down travestying sneering (at) scoffing (at) shooting down taking off (on) laughing (at) Antonyms & Near Antonyms commending applauding approving endorsing indorsing sanctioning
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twit

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verb

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