titter

释义

n.

傻笑；窃笑；〈美〉(不懂事的)小姑娘

v.

（尤指紧张或尴尬地）傻笑；窃笑

网络

偷笑；嗤嗤地笑；嗤笑

词形变化

第三人称单数：titters 现在分词：tittering 过去分词：tittered

在例句中理解 10 句

1. On Sunday evenings we used to be permitted to play, if we did not make much noise; now a mere titter is sufficient to send us into corners.

   星期天的晚上，只要我们不弄出太多的声音，我们是可以玩的。但是现在，哪怕是一点点笑声都足够让我们被赶到角落里去。

2. A loud laugh from behind Tess's back, in the shade of the garden, united with the titter within the room.

   从苔丝身后的园子阴暗处传来一阵哈哈大笑，笑声同屋内的嬉笑声交织在一起。

3. There was an indrawn breath of horror from the audience and then the anxious and everlasting titter .

   观众中传出了因恐怖而倒吸气的声音，然后便是焦急的不停的窃笑。

4. Seeing him standing there nonchalantly buttoning his fly as he gives her orders I begin to titter.

   看着他满不在乎地站着系裤扣，一边还吩咐她做这做那，我不禁吃吃笑了。

5. He told me that with a titter .

   他笑着告诉了我。

6. This exchange makes professional philosophers titter, because their daily work is far removed from the production of sage utterances.

   这样的交流让哲学家们窃笑，因为他们的日常工作远离了圣人般的说话方式。

7. Future generations may perhaps titter at today's attitudes too.

   我们的后代也许也会嘲笑今天我们的态度。

8. As a result, he has been dismissed as a minor playwright, who managed for a short time to make Victorian audiences titter.

   因此，他一直被人们当作一个二流的剧作家而忘却了，这个剧作家，还曾使维多利亚时期的观众窃笑了一阵。

9. now a mere titter is sufficient to send us into corners.

   可是此刻，哪怕是一点点笑声都足够让我们被赶到角落里去。

10. She gave a nervous titter.

    她神经质地一阵窃笑。