twit
twit 英 [twɪt] 美 [twɪt]
n. 挖苦；嘲笑 vt. 嘲笑；责难；愚弄
进行时:twitting 过去式:twitted 过去分词:twitted 第三人称单数:twits 名词复数:twits
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- n. 挖苦；嘲笑
- vt. 嘲笑；责难；愚弄
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1. How could such an idiotic, needy twit be the basis for such a successful and long-running show?
这样一个愚蠢而又贫穷的笨蛋怎么就成了一部成功的热播电视剧的主角了呢？
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2. Long time television talk show host turns 78 and was pushed out of CNNtalk show chair for UK“upper class twit” Piers Morgan.
长时间电视脱口秀主持人78岁时退出美国有线新闻网脱口秀，并由英国“上层社会的傻瓜”皮尔斯·摩根接替。
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3. It was obviously an upper-class twit who wished to disguise his identity so that Vanessa Redgrave could get a job in her old age.
很明显是一个希望掩盖自己身份的上流社会的笨蛋，以便凡妮莎·雷德格雷夫在年老时得到一份工作。
- twit (n.) "foolish, stupid and ineffectual person," 1934, British slang, popular 1950s-60s, crossed over to U.S. with British sitcoms. It probably developed from twit (v.) in the sense of "reproach," but it may be influenced by nitwit.
- twit (v.) "to blame, reproach, taunt, upbraid," 1520s, twite, shortened form of Middle English atwite, from Old English ætwitan "to blame, reproach," from æt "at" (see at) + witan "to blame," from Proto-Germanic *witanan "to look after, guard, ascribe to, reproach" (source also of Old English wite, Old Saxon witi, Old Norse viti "punishment, torture;" Old High German wizzi "punishment," wizan "to punish;" Dutch verwijten, Old High German firwizan, German verweisen "to reproach, reprove," Gothic fraweitan "to avenge"), from PIE root *weid- "to see." For sense evolution, compare Latin animadvertere, literally "to give heed to, observe," later "to chastise, censure, punish." Related: Twitted; twitting. As a noun meaning "a taunt" from 1520s.
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