chitterとは

意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

chitter (三人称単数 現在形 chitters, 現在分詞 chittering, 過去形および過去分詞形 chittered)

1. To make a series of high-pitched sounds; to twitter, chirp or chatter.

   It was a beautifully sunny day and beetles could be heard chittering loudly in the rose garden by the side of the path made out of antique bricks.

2. (obsolete, Scotland) To shiver or chatter with cold.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Burns to this entry?)

参照

• “chitter” in Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 8th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1973 (1974 printing), OCLC 299192187.