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tit·ter /ˈtɪtə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] LAUGHto laugh quietly in a high voice, especially because you are nervous 窃笑；傻笑；嗤嗤地笑 〔尤因紧张〕 At the word ‘breast’, some of the class tittered. 听到“乳房”这个词，班上有些同学嗤嗤地笑了起来。 —titter noun [countable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpustitter• As the teacher read the poem someone tittered.• The crowd tittered, but he looked at them and silenced the titters.• People riotously reel around here, fighting, fondling, tittering, clowning.• This caused some of the other children to titter, quickly putting their hands over their mouths to stifle the sound.• On the edge of the crowd a few young men tittered, whistled, applauded and stamped their feet.Origin titter (1600-1700) From the soundtit·ter verbChineseSyllable Corpus in voice, laugh because high are you especially quietly to a |