titter

英 ['tɪtə(r)] 美 ['tɪtər]

• n. 嗤笑；偷笑
• v. 嗤嗤地笑；偷笑

英英释义

Noun:

1. a nervous restrained laugh

Verb:

1. laugh nervously;

   "The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The curtain went down on a titter and some groans.
   幕在嗤笑和哼哈声中落下。
2. His constant titter nearly drove her mad.
   他不住地傻笑，快把她逼疯了。
3. Then, with a sudden titter, she raised her head and looked at her father.
   然后忽又扑嗤一笑，她抬起眼来看着她父亲。

用作动词 (v.)

1. 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。
2. There was an embarrassing pause on stage and the audience began to titter.
   舞台上令人尴尬地空了场，观众嗤嗤地笑起来。

经典引文

• The prisoners tittered and had to laugh aloud sometimes at his jokes.

  出自： B. Behan

词汇搭配

• titter-totter 【方】跷跷板...

近反义词

【近义词】

• giggle 咯咯地笑
• laugh 发笑
• chuckle 轻声笑
• snigger 暗笑
• chortle 咯咯地笑
• twitter 吱吱叫
• snicker 窃笑
• cackle 咯咯叫声
• footle 胡闹
• laughter 【U】笑