单词 | atwitter |
释义 | atwitteradj.adv. A. adj. In predicative use only. 1. Characterized by the twittering of birds; that twitters or chirrups. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adverb] > with chirping atwitter1831 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 318/2 Bush, tree, and tower are again all a-twitter with the survivors of some gentler clime! 1884 T. Woolner Silenus i. i. 12 Birds atwitter by the shallow pools Curtseyed and sipped. 1938 Montana Standard 30 Aug. 4/2 On the cool flanks of Montana's forested mountains, the birds are all atwitter. 2015 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 17 May 12 Eikan-do is the most beguiling temple, with its wooden verandas, grey-clad monks and lovely maple trees atwitter with birds. 2. figurative. In a state of nervous excitement or agitation; in a twitter; aflutter. Frequently with with. ΚΠ 1878 Frank Leslie's Lady's Mag. Jan. 47/1 The girls all a-twitter with the blissful excitement and the half-painful delight of that first wedding. 1909 R. D. Paine College Years 88 Hector's nerves were indeed atwitter. 1973 Daily Mail 17 Jan. 2/6 Washington cocktail parties are atwitter this week with the tale of the Howar Papers. 2008 Esquire Sept. 175/1 My Republican friend was all atwitter about the prospect of seeing combat in Iraq. B. adv. Into a state of nervous excitement or agitation. ΚΠ 1906 St. Nicholas July 816/1 Sue had heard rumors of forbidden feasts, of fudge-making and chafing-dish messes that had set her all-a-twitter to display her skill. 1949 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Tel. 25 July 8/2 All Britain was set atwitter recently by the resignation of Lord Milverton from the Labor party. 1970 Arlington Heights (Illinois) Herald 28 Sept. i. 8/2 Many hearts went atwitter last week when the Herald Day told..that residents..would receive higher monthly bills. 1997 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 16 Feb. 8 The concerns of his boss..were based ‘not solely on the prurient cases that send everybody atwitter’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.1831 |
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