英単語twitterpatedの意味・使い方・発音
twitterpated
英語の語源
- twitterpated (adj.)
- 1942, apparently first attested in the Walt Disney movie "Bambi" (there also was a song by that name but it was not in the studio release of the film), a past participle adjective formed from twitter in the "tremulous excitement" noun sense (1670s) + pate (n.2) "head" (compare flutterpated, 1894).
Thumper: Why are they acting that way?
Friend Owl: Why, don't you know? They're twitterpated.
Flower, Bambi, Thumper: Twitterpated?
Friend Owl: Yes. Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime. For example: You're walking along, minding your own business. You're looking neither to the left, nor to the right, when all of a sudden you run smack into a pretty face. Woo-woo! You begin to get weak in the knees. Your head's in a whirl. And then you feel light as a feather, and before you know it, you're walking on air. And then you know what? You're knocked for a loop, and you completely lose your head!
Thumper: Gosh, that's awful.
例文
- 1. We ran and jumped，we twittered like a flock of birds.
- 私たちは走っていて、踊っていて、群鳥のように雑音しています。dd>
漢英文学-中国現代小説から
- 2.The atmosphere turned pale，the birds shook themselves in the hedges，arose，and twittered .
- 大気はかすかな朝の光で、鳥も垣根の上で体を揺らして目を覚まし、きしみながら叫んだ。
＜dl>＜dt＞3.He had been attracted by her slender waist，"It is a ridiculous attachment，" twittered the other Swallows.
- 彼は彼女の細い腰に夢中になり、「そんな恋心は馬鹿げている」と、他のツバメはキャーキャー言った。She twittered her fingers.
- 彼女は指を振った。
- 5.It 's so marvellous to see you！'she twittered .
- `会えてよかった！'彼女は興奮して言った。