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twit

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++twit /twɪt/ noun [countable]  informalSTUPID/NOT SENSIBLE a person who you think is stupid or silly 笨蛋,傻瓜
Examples from the Corpus
twitA lot of the arts fellows think Humphrey's a bit of a twit and tend to talk down to him.Don't get them mixed up or everyone else on the list will think you're a twit.My own professional credibility would be lost in an instant if I proposed a boring twit.You see him as an insignificant twit.Public school twits, she thought, an old prejudice welling up in her.And when that time does come, young twits are going to sneer at you, incredible as that may seem.
Origin twit (1900-2000) Perhaps from twat
twit nounChinese
think Corpus who you a person is stupid


twit
twit /twɪt/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: Perhaps from twat
informal a person who you think is stupid or silly


twitBrE /twɪt/ 🔊NAmE /twɪt/ 🔊 noun (informal, especially BrE) a silly or annoying person 笨蛋;傻瓜;讨厌鬼