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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