英语词汇“tweet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun

/twiːt/

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a message sent using the Twitter social media service
- He started posting tweets via his cell phone to keep friends and family updated on his progress.
Topics Phones, email and the internetb1
the short, high sound made by a small bird
More Like This Animal sounds
Animal sounds
- baa
- caw
- coo
- meow
- moo
- neigh
- oink
- quack
- tu-whit, tu- whoo
- tweet
- woof
Topics Birdsc2

Word Originmid 19th cent.: imitative.

verb

/twiːt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they tweet	/twiːt/ /twiːt/
he / she / it tweets	/twiːts/ /twiːts/
past simple tweeted	/ˈtwiːtɪd/ /ˈtwiːtɪd/
past participle tweeted	/ˈtwiːtɪd/ /ˈtwiːtɪd/
-ing form tweeting	/ˈtwiːtɪŋ/ /ˈtwiːtɪŋ/

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(also less frequent twitter)
[intransitive, transitive] to send a message or picture using the Twitter social media service
- tweet about something She's always tweeting about environmental issues.
- tweet something He tweeted a picture of himself with fans at the rally.
Topics Phones, email and the internetb1
(also twitter)
[intransitive] when birds tweet, they make a series of short, high sounds
More Like This Animal sounds
Animal sounds
- baa
- caw
- coo
- meow
- moo
- neigh
- oink
- quack
- tu-whit, tu- whoo
- tweet
- woof
Topics Birdsc2

Word Originmid 19th cent.: imitative.