titter

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tit·ter /ˈtɪtə $ -ər/ verb [intransitiveI]

LAUGHto laugh quietly in a high voice, especially because you are nervous 窃笑；傻笑；嗤嗤地笑〔尤因紧张〕

At the word ‘breast’, some of the class tittered.

听到“乳房”这个词，班上有些同学嗤嗤地笑了起来。

—titter noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

titter• As the teacher read the poem someone tittered.• The crowd tittered, but he looked at them and silenced the titters.• People riotously reel around here, fighting, fondling, tittering, clowning.• This caused some of the other children to titter, quickly putting their hands over their mouths to stifle the sound.• On the edge of the crowd a few young men tittered, whistled, applauded and stamped their feet.

Origin titter

(1600-1700) From the sound

tit·ter verb

Chinese

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