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词汇 titter
释义 titter
verb[ I ]
mainly UKuk /ˈtɪt.ər/ us /ˈtɪt̬.ɚ/
to laugh nervously, often at something that you feel you should not be laughing at: (常指对不该笑的事物)紧张地笑,傻笑
A couple of the younger teachers tittered at his dirty jokes.听完他讲的黄色笑话,几个年轻点的教师痴痴地笑了起来。
Their performance left the audience tittering with embarrassed laughter.
Synonym
giggle
She tittered and blushed.
Schoolkids usually titter hysterically at any nudity.
She tittered like a schoolgirl telling a naughty story.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Laughing and smiling
a gleam in your eyeidiom
amused
be all smilesidiom
be in convulsionsidiom
be rolling in the aislesidiom
be wreathed in smilesidiom
burst
crease
dissolve
gale
giggle
giggler
gigglingly
giggly
not know whether to laugh or cryidiom
piss yourself (laughing)idiom
quake
rictus
say cheeseidiom
simper
titter
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈtɪt.ər/ us /ˈtɪt̬.ɚ/
a nervous laugh, often at something that you feel you should not be laughing at:
The love scene raised a few titters from a group of 10-year-olds.
My joke drew only nervous titters.
Synonym
giggle(LAUGHTER)
The room broke into nervous titters of laughter.
The announcement brought a round of half-stiffled titters.
A few titters were heard at a moment that should have some sad grandeur about it.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Laughing and smiling
a gleam in your eyeidiom
amused
be all smilesidiom
be in convulsionsidiom
be rolling in the aislesidiom
be wreathed in smilesidiom
burst
crease
dissolve
gale
giggle
giggler
gigglingly
giggly
not know whether to laugh or cryidiom
piss yourself (laughing)idiom
quake
rictus
say cheeseidiom
simper

titter | American Dictionary


titter
verb[ I ]
us/ˈtɪt̬·ər/
to laugh in a nervous and quiet way:
Some kids tittered at the boys who were making faces in class.

titter


noun[ C ]us/ˈtɪt̬·ər/
There were titters from the audience but no big laughs.

Examples of titter


titter
Again, it got a titter, but more out of cathartic embarrassment for the actors.
They can be expected to titter when they hear about economic planning and planning councils.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I am trying to make my own case and not the case of those who titter.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
There was a titter of laughter and semi-approval from the police officers listening to the conversation.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
What person with a titter of wit would say that?
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
There was a titter when he said that profits must be generated.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
This is a matter of significance and not merely something for the tabloid press to titter at.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
They are after certain things for the benefit of their children and titter opportunities.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
This titter track was used to quiet down a laugh and was always playing in the background.
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There was also a 30-second titter track in the loop, which consisted of individual people laughing quietly.
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A player is eliminated from the game if anyone in the audience laughs at their word (even the merest "titter").
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The monster is always accompanied by a sardonic, preternatural titter which heralds its imminent arrival and marks its presence, even when it is invisible.
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If the audience laughs, even the merest hint of a titter, then the player who provided the offending word is eliminated.
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Wikipedia

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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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