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词族 · twitter
英语词源
- twitter (v.)
- late 14c., twiteren, in reference to birds, of imitative origin (compare Old High German zwizziron, German zwitschern, Danish kvidre, Old Swedish kvitra). The noun meaning "condition of tremulous excitement" is attested from 1670s. The microblogging service with the 140-character limit was introduced in 2006. The following is considered an unrelated word of obscure origin:
TWITTER. 1. "That part of a thread that is spun too small." Yarn is said to be twined to twitters, when twined too small, S. Hence, to twitter yarn, to spin it unequally, A. Bor. Ray.
2. It is transferred to any person or thing that is slender or feeble. It is said of a lank delicate girl: "She is a mere twitter," S. [Jamieson, "Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language," Edinburgh, 1808]
权威例句
- 1. Naomi would waken to the twitter of birds.
- 娜奥米会被鸟儿吱吱喳喳的叫声唤醒。
- 2. We were all of a twitter on the wedding day.
- 举行婚礼的那一天,我们都兴奋极了.
- 3. Twitter became a facility for direct user comments and interaction.
- Twitter成为了用户发表评论和互动的直接平台.
- 4. Enter Twitter with a solution: no friends, just followers.
- Twitter的出现带来了一个解决方案: 没有朋友, 只有关注者.
- 5. Twitter is a network that is accessed in thousands of ways.
- Twitter是一个可通过数千条途径访问的网络.