- 1竊笑、偷笑（小聲、尖尖的笑，常出於緊張或不好意思）
To titter is to laugh in a small, quiet, high way — the kind of laugh that escapes you when you did not really want to laugh. It is not a big happy laugh. It is the laugh of someone who is nervous, or , or trying to be polite, or trying not to laugh at all and failing.
To titterTitter is就是 to laugh in a small, quiet, high way用小小聲、尖尖的方式笑出來——the kind of laugh that escapes you when you did not really want to laugh也就是你其實不太想笑、卻忍不住溜出來的那種笑。It is它不是 not a big happy laugh一個爽朗大笑。It is它是 the laugh of someone who is nervous緊張的人會發出的笑聲，or或者 embarrassed尷尬的人， or或者 trying to be polite想表現有禮貌的人，or或者 trying not to laugh at all and failing想忍住不笑卻失敗的人。
A student who is asked a question in front of the class and does not know the answer may titter. People in an audience titter when a speaker says something a little rude or a little strange — quiet, short, and half hidden.
A student who is asked a question in front of the class and does not know the answer在班上被問到問題卻答不出來的學生， may titter可能就會titter。People in an audience觀眾席裡的人 titter會titter when a speaker says something a little rude or a little strange當講者說了有點粗魯或有點奇怪的話的時候——quiet小小聲、short短短的、and half hidden而且半遮半掩的。
Because of that, the word carries a feeling: a titter is usually a bit childish, or a bit , or a bit uncomfortable. Nobody titters at a joke they truly love; for that we say laugh, , chuckle, or roar.
Because of that正因為這樣， the word carries a feeling這個字帶著一種語感：a titter一個titter is usually通常 a bit childish有點幼稚，or或者 a bit unkind有點不厚道，or或者 a bit uncomfortable有點讓人不自在。Nobody titters at a joke they truly love沒有人會對自己真心喜歡的笑話titter；for that遇到那種情況 we say我們會說 laugh大笑、giggle咯咯笑、chuckle輕笑、or或 roar哄堂大笑。
It is also a noun: 'a titter went round the room' means a small wave of quiet laughing passed through the people there. You will meet it far more often in books and news writing than in daily speech — it is a writer's word for a very particular small sound.
It is它 also a noun也可以當名詞用：'a titter went round the room'「a titter went round the room」means意思是 a small wave of quiet laughing passed through the people there一小陣輕聲的笑聲在在場的人之間傳開來。You will meet it你會碰到這個字 far more often in books and news writing在書和新聞寫作裡多得多 than in daily speech比在日常口語裡多得多——it is它是 a writer's word for a very particular small sound一個作家專門用來形容那種很特別的小聲音的字。
core核心畫面
組成Probably an imitation of the sound itself. Traced to Middle English words for wavering and shaking, related to Old Norse titra, 'to shake, shiver, quiver' — a laugh that trembles rather than bursts out.
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titterverb詞源 1/ˈtɪtə(ɹ)/
- 1
To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.
- 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tales of a Wayside Inn Part First: The Sicilian's Tale - King Robert of Sicily A group of tittering pages ran before.
- "Thou coxy, cackling candle!" said Catweazle. "Why dost thou titter?"
- 2
obsoleteTo teeter; to seesaw.
titternoun詞源 1/ˈtɪtə(ɹ)/
- 1
A nervous or somewhat repressed giggle.
- April 21, 1811, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk There was a titter of […] delight on his countenance.
titternoun詞源 2/ˈtɪtə(ɹ)/
- 1
vulgarslangA woman's breast.
- Flesh Gordon 2 - I remember that this one was chock full of big titters. Many of them looked like the natural variety, as well.
- there was an old lady from raleigh who was so doggone nasty by golly just squeezin her titters you'd pick up some critters and bathe twice in one month for your folly
- 2
obsoleteslangA girl or young woman.
- David […] was a man peculiarly after God's own heart, had plenty of wives, and, when he got old and shaky, and there were doubts about his virility, the prophet of the Lord told him to go and get a young "titter" — a capable young woman — to test him, and see if the fires of his passion had gone out, and to keep him warm if they had. There is the Bible for you.
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