Word · Frequency #26548
titter
傻笑
核心释义
a nervous restrained laugh
- 1.
一种紧张或有些压抑的轻笑。
A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.
一种紧张或有些压抑的轻笑。；嗤笑
用法In use
She let out a nervous titter when she recognized the actor in the supermarket.
用法提示：此处 titter 是名词，表示一声紧张而压抑的笑，作 let out 的宾语。
A quiet titter ran through the class when the teacher mispronounced a word.
用法提示：此处 titter 是名词，作主语，指一阵轻而压抑的笑声。
There were nervous titters from the audience before the magician began his trick.
用法提示：此处 titter 用复数形式 titters，作 there be 句型的主语，指几声紧张的笑。
titter at sb/sth
The audience tittered at the comedian's joke.
观众对喜剧演员的笑话吃吃地笑。
titter nervously
titter 常与副词连用，表示紧张或尴尬的笑。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- titter nervously
- 紧张地傻笑
- She tittered nervously while waiting for her exam results.她等待考试结果时紧张地傻笑。
- titter at
- 对……傻笑
- The audience tittered at the speaker's slip of the tongue.观众对演讲者的口误傻笑。
- suppress a titter
- 忍住傻笑
- He bit his lip to suppress a titter.他咬住嘴唇忍住傻笑。
- titter with embarrassment
- 尴尬地傻笑
- She tittered with embarrassment when she tripped on stage.她在台上绊倒时，尴尬地傻笑。
- titter behind one's hand
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
titter 中两个 t 像并拢的手指，捂着嘴发出‘嗤嗤’的压抑笑声
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing nervous or awkward laughter、narrating someone's short silly laugh 该词通常为中性，多用于描写一种紧张、克制或略带傻气的笑声，正式与非正式场合都能用，但不算高频词。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
The target /ˈtitə/ rhymes with pita, beta, and meter (stressed /iː/ + /tə/). The words bitter, litter, and glitter share the spelling ending -tter but are pronounced with /ɪ/, not /iː/.
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