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单词 twit
释义 twit
twit1
 /twit/,  v.  , twitted, twitting,  n.  
  v.t.  
  1. to taunt, tease, ridicule, etc., with reference to anything embarrassing; gibe at.
  2. to reproach or upbraid.
  n.  
  3. an act of twitting.
  4. a derisive reproach; taunt; gibe.
 [1520-30; aph. var. of obs. atwite, ME atwiten, OE aetwitan to taunt, equiv. to aet- AT1 + witan to blame]
twit2
 /twit/,  n.  
 a weak or thin place in yarn caused by uneven spinning.
 [1810-20; orig. uncert.]
twit3
 /twit/, n. Informal.
 an insignificant or bothersome person.
 [1920-25; perh. orig. n. deriv. of TWIT1, i.e., "one who twits others," but altered in sense by assoc. with expressive words with tw- (TWADDLE, TWAT, TWERP, etc.) and by rhyme with NITWIT]
twit4
 /twit/,  n.  
 an excited state; dither: to be in a twit about company coming.
 [prob. shortened from TWITTER]
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