tittering
noun [ U ] uk/ˈtɪt.ə.rɪŋ/ us/ˈtɪt̬.ɚ.ɪŋ/
窃笑;傻笑
silly or nervous laughter about something, often at something you feel you should not be laughing at
Is this film any more than an hour and a half of tittering at rude jokes? 这部电影不过是对着粗俗笑话吃吃傻笑一个半小时，不是吗？
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- I don't know what all that silly tittering was about.
- There was much tittering in the media over the prime minister's decision to holiday in France rather than in his own country.
- The tittering started within the first two minutes of his performance.
- Some of the medical exhibits might induce nervous tittering.
- The laughter in the hall had faded to uncomfortable tittering.
tittering
adjective uk/ˈtɪt.ə.rɪŋ/ us/ˈtɪt̬.ɚ.ɪŋ/
窃笑的;傻笑的
laughing in a silly or nervous way, often about something you feel you should not laugh at
She loathed his sarcastic smirk and tittering laugh. 她讨厌他挖苦的嘲笑和吃吃的傻笑。
This is a glimpse into the dirty mind of a tittering adolescent. 这让人瞥见一个吃吃傻笑的少年肮脏的心灵会是什么样子。
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- A bunch of tittering girls scurried past.
- This magazine is the preferred lunchtime read of the tittering idiot.
- The way the story is told is never sensational, exploitative or tittering.