chitter

A verb used to describe the act of making a series of short, high-pitched sounds, often associated with small animals or birds, or to shiver or tremble from cold.

• 🇨🇳动词，指发出短促尖高的连续声音，常与小型动物或鸟类相关联；也可指因寒冷而发抖、打颤。

1. Make high-pitched sounds B2 informal

   To produce a series of short, high-pitched sounds, like those made by small birds or animals.

   • The sparrows chittered in the bushes at dawn.
   • We could hear the mice chittering behind the wall.
   • The baby birds chittered loudly when their mother returned.

   🇨🇳吱吱叫

   同义词: chattercheepchirppeepsqueaktwitter

• chittered past participle
• chittered past simple
• chittering present participle
• chitters third person singular