mid-15c. (implied in chirping), echoic, or else a variant of Middle English chirken "to twitter" (late 14c.), from Old English cearcian "to creak, gnash." Related: Chirped. As a noun, attested from 1802.
雙語例句
1. The birds chirp merrily at the top of tree.
鳥兒在枝頭歡快地啾啾鳴唱.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. Now it is clearing up, and a sparrow is beginning to chirp.
現(xiàn)在天就要晴了, 一只麻雀已開始喳喳地叫.
來自辭典例句
3. Birds had begun to chirp and twitter among the trees.
鳥兒開始在樹叢中啁啾鳴囀.
來自辭典例句
4. Finch had regular flying, and closed to chirp to a person.
有鳥雀常飛來飛去, 嘰嘰喳喳著于人親近.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Only male cicadas chirp in late summer, and early autumn.