English-Thai Dictionary

tweed

N ผ้าขนสัตว์  pa-kon-sad

 

tweedy

ADJ ที่ ทำ จาก ผ้าขนสัตว์  ti-tam-jak-p-kon-sad

 

tweeny

N สาวใช้ วัยรุ่น  คนรับใช้  sao-chai-wai-ruan

 

tweet

N เสียง นก ร้อง  siang-nok-rong

 

tweeter

N เครื่องขยายเสียง เครื่อง เล็ก  krueg-ka-yai-siang-krueng-lek

 

tweezers

N แหนบ  คีม หนีบ  neab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TWEEDLE

v.t.To handle lightly; used of awkward fiddling.

 

TWEEL

v.t.To weave with multiplied leases in the harness, by increasing the number of threads in each split of the reed, and the number of treddles, etc.

 

TWEEZER-CASE

n.A case for carrying tweezers.

 

TWEEZERS

n.[This seems to be formed on the root of vise, an instrument for pinching. ] Nippers; small pinchers used to pluck out hairs.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TWEED

Tweed, n. Etym: [Probably a corruption of twills. See Twill. ]

 

Defn: A soft and flexible fabric for men's wear, made wholly of wool except in some inferior kinds, the wool being dyed, usually in two colors, before weaving.

 

TWEEDLE

Twee "dle, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Twiddle. ] [Written also twidle. ]

 

1. To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure. A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service. Addison.

 

2. To twist. [Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell.

 

TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE

TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE Twee "dle *dum ` and Twee "dle *dee `.

 

Defn: Two things practically alike; -- a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692 -1793 ) in his satire "On the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini."

 

TWEEL

TWEEL Tweel, n. & v.

 

Defn: See Twill.

 

TWEER

TWEER Tweer, n.

 

Defn: Same as Tuyère.

 

TWEESE; TWEEZE

Tweese, Tweeze, n. Etym: [OE. tweeze, tweese, fr. F. étuis, pl. of étui a case, sheath, box; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. MNG. stuche a wide sleeve in which articles could be carried, OHG. stuhha, G. stauche a short and narrow muff. Cf Etui, Tweezers. ]

 

Defn: A surgeon's case of instruments. Howell.

 

TWEEZERS

Twee "zers, n. pl. Etym: [See Tweese.]

 

Defn: Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

twee

twee |twē twi | ▶adjective Brit. chiefly derogatory excessively or affectedly quaint, pretty, or sentimental: although the film's a bit twee, it's watchable. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: representing a child's pronunciation of sweet .

 

Tweed

Tweed |twēd twid | a river that rises in southeastern Scotland and flows east for 97 miles (155 km ) before it crosses into northeastern England and enters the North Sea. Part of its lower course forms the border between Scotland and England.

 

tweed

tweed |twēd twid | ▶noun a rough-surfaced woolen cloth, typically of mixed flecked colors, originally produced in Scotland: [ as modifier ] : a tweed sports jacket. • (tweeds ) clothes made of this material: boisterous Englishwomen in tweeds. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: originally a misreading of tweel, Scots form of twill, influenced by association with the Tweed River.

 

Tweed, William M.

Tweed, William M. |twēd twid | (1823 –78 ) US politician; known as Boss Tweed. As a New York City official and a state senator 1867 –71, he became the leader of Tammany Hall, the executive committee of New York City's Democratic Party and a ring of political corruption, that swindled the state treasury out of as much as $200 million. Convicted in 1873, he fled to Cuba and then Spain, but was extradited in 1876 and returned to a New York jail, where he died.

 

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Twee dle dum and Twee dle dee |ˌtwēdlˈdəm and ˌtwēdlˈdē twiːdlˈdʌməntwiːdlˈdiː | ▶noun a pair of people or things that are virtually indistinguishable. ORIGIN originally names applied to the composers Bononcini (1670 –1747 ) and Handel, in a 1725 satire by John Byrom (1692 –1763 ); they were later used for two identical characters in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass .

 

tweedy

tweed y |ˈtwēdē ˈtwidi | ▶adjective ( tweedier, tweediest ) (of a garment ) made of tweed cloth: a tweedy suit. • informal (of a person ) habitually wearing tweed clothes: a stout, tweedy woman. • informal of a refined, traditional, upscale character: the tweedy world of books. DERIVATIVES tweed i ly |-dilē |adverb, tweed i ness noun

 

Tween

Tween |twēn twin | ▶noun trademark any of a class of compounds used esp. as emulsifiers and surfactants. They are derivatives of fatty acid esters of sorbitan. ORIGIN 1940s: of unknown origin.

 

tween

tween |twēn twin |(also tweenie |ˈtwēnē |) ▶noun short for tweenager.

 

tweenager

tween ag er |ˈtwēnˌājər ˈtwiːneɪʤər | ▶noun informal a preteen or a young teenager: the hot Nickelodeon show for tweenagers.

 

tweener

tween er |ˈtwēnər ˈtwinər | ▶noun informal a person or thing considered to be between two other recognized categories or types: Price considered him a tweener, too small for a lineman and too big for a linebacker. • short for tweenager.

 

tweeny

tween y |ˈtwēnē ˈtwini | ▶noun ( pl. tweenies ) archaic, informal a maid who assisted two other members of a domestic staff. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from between-maid, a servant assisting two others.

 

tweet

tweet |twēt twit | ▶noun 1 the chirp of a small or young bird. 2 a posting made on the social networking site Twitter: he started posting tweets via his cell phone to let his parents know he was safe. ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 make a chirping noise: the birds were tweeting in the branches. 2 make a posting on the social networking site Twitter: it's easy to tweet all the time. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: imitative. word trends: Once invoking nothing beyond the sound of birds gently chirping, tweet is a striking example of the influence the Internet has on language trends. Since the social networking service Twitter was set up in 2006, ‘tweeting ’ (posting short messages, known as tweets, over the Web ) has become so popular that the frequency of the noun tweet in the Oxford English Corpus has risen tenfold. The millions of people using Twitter may take themselves and their tweets very seriously, but the site's name suggests otherwise: the Corpus shows that the majority of uses of twitter in the sense ‘talk rapidly and at length ’ imply foolishness or triviality: I was never asked to sit with the cheerleaders who twittered and giggled their way through every lunch period | twittering on about the good old days.

 

tweeter

tweet er |ˈtwētər ˈtwidər | ▶noun a loudspeaker designed to reproduce high frequencies.

 

tweetup

tweetup |ˈtwiːtʌp | ▶noun a meeting or other gathering organized by means of posts on the social networking service Twitter. ORIGIN early 21st cent.: from tweet + up, on the pattern of meetup .

 

tweeze

tweeze |twēz twiz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] pluck, grasp, or pull with or as if with tweezers: the brows were tweezed to an almost invisible line. ORIGIN 1930s: back-formation from tweezer (see tweezers ).

 

tweezers

tweez ers |ˈtwēzərz ˈtwizərz | ▶plural noun (also a pair of tweezers ) a small instrument like a pair of pincers for plucking out hairs and picking up small objects. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: extended form of obsolete tweeze ‘case of surgical instruments, ’ shortening of etweese, plural of etui .

 

Oxford Dictionary

twee

twee |twiː | ▶adjective ( tweer |ˈtwiːə |, tweest |ˈtwiːɪst | ) Brit. excessively or affectedly quaint, pretty, or sentimental: although the film's a bit twee, it's watchable. DERIVATIVES tweely adverb, tweeness noun ORIGIN early 20th cent.: representing a child's pronunciation of sweet .

 

Tweed

Tweed |twiːd | a river which rises in the Southern Uplands of Scotland and flows generally eastwards, crossing into NE England and entering the North Sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed. For part of its lower course it forms the border between Scotland and England.

 

tweed

tweed |twiːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a rough-surfaced woollen cloth, typically of mixed flecked colours, originally produced in Scotland: [ as modifier ] : a tweed sports jacket. • (tweeds ) clothes made of tweed: boisterous Englishwomen in tweeds. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: originally a misreading of tweel, Scots form of twill, influenced by association with the River Tweed.

 

Tweed, William M.

Tweed, William M. |twēd twid | (1823 –78 ) US politician; known as Boss Tweed. As a New York City official and a state senator 1867 –71, he became the leader of Tammany Hall, the executive committee of New York City's Democratic Party and a ring of political corruption, that swindled the state treasury out of as much as $200 million. Convicted in 1873, he fled to Cuba and then Spain, but was extradited in 1876 and returned to a New York jail, where he died.

 

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Tweedle |dum and Tweedle |dee |twiːd (ə )lˈdʌm, twiːd (ə )lˈdiː | ▶noun a pair of people or things that are virtually indistinguishable. ORIGIN originally names applied to the composers Bononcini (1670 –1747 ) and Handel, in a 1725 satire by John Byrom (1692 –1763 ); they were later used for two identical characters in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass .

 

tweedy

tweedy |ˈtwiːdi | ▶adjective ( tweedier, tweediest ) (of a garment ) made of tweed cloth: a tweedy suit. • informal habitually wearing tweed clothes: a stout, tweedy woman. • informal of a robust traditional or rural character (by association with the country gentry who traditionally wear tweeds ): a tweedy gathering of the Cheshire young farmers. DERIVATIVES tweedily adverb, tweediness noun

 

Tween

Tween |twiːn | ▶noun trademark any of a class of compounds used especially as emulsifiers and surfactants. They are derivatives of fatty acid esters of sorbitan. ORIGIN 1940s: of unknown origin.

 

tween

tween |twiːn |(also tweenie ) ▶noun short for tweenager.

 

tweenager

tween |ager |ˈtwiːneɪʤə (r )| ▶noun informal a child between the ages of about 10 and 14.

 

tweener

tween ¦er |ˈtwiːnə | ▶noun US informal a person or thing considered to be in between two other recognized categories or types: we're a couple of tweeners, born after baby boomers and before generation Xers. • another term for tweenager.

 

tweeny

tweeny |ˈtwiːni | ▶noun ( pl. tweenies ) archaic, informal a maid who assisted two other members of a domestic staff. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from between-maid, a servant assisting two others.

 

tweet

tweet |twiːt | ▶noun 1 the chirp of a small or young bird: the gentle tweet of a bird can be heard. 2 a posting made on the social networking service Twitter: he started posting tweets via his mobile phone to let his parents know he was safe. ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 make a chirping noise: the birds were tweeting in the branches. 2 make a posting on the social networking service Twitter: it's easy to tweet all the time. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: imitative. word trends: Once invoking nothing beyond the sound of birds gently chirping, tweet is a striking example of the Internet's influence on language trends. Since the social networking service Twitter was set up in 2006, ‘tweeting ’ (posting short messages, known as tweets, on the Web ) has become so popular that the frequency of the noun tweet in the Oxford English Corpus has risen tenfold. The millions of people using Twitter may take themselves and their tweets very seriously, but the site's name suggests otherwise: the Corpus shows that the majority of uses of twitter in the sense ‘talk rapidly and at length ’ imply foolishness or triviality: two posh English girls twitter incessantly | twittering on about the good old days.

 

tweeter

tweet ¦er |ˈtwiːtə | ▶noun a loudspeaker designed to reproduce high frequencies.

 

tweetup

tweetup |ˈtwiːtʌp | ▶noun a meeting or other gathering organized by means of posts on the social networking service Twitter. ORIGIN early 21st cent.: from tweet + up, on the pattern of meetup .

 

tweeze

tweeze |twiːz |(also tweezer ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] pluck, grasp, or pull with or as if with tweezers: the brows were tweezed to an almost invisible line. ORIGIN 1930s: back-formation from tweezer (see tweezers ).

 

tweezers

twee |zers |ˈtwiːzəz | ▶plural noun (also a pair of tweezers ) a small instrument like a pair of pincers for plucking out hairs and picking up small objects. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: extended form of obsolete tweeze ‘case of surgical instruments ’, shortening of etweese, anglicized plural of etui .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tweet

tweet verb See chirp.

 

tweeze

tweeze verb she is tweezing her eyebrows: pluck, tweezer, pinch, extract.

 

tweezers

tweezers noun before using, dip the tweezers in alcohol: pincers; pliers, needle-nose pliers.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

twee

twee adjective Brit. 1 a town full of twee little shops: quaint, sweet, bijou, dainty, pretty, pretty-pretty; informal cute, cutesy. 2 the lyrics are stomach-churningly twee in places: sentimental, over-sentimental, mawkish, affected, precious; Brit. informal soppy.

 

Duden Dictionary

Tweed

Tweed Substantiv, maskulin Textilindustrie , der |tviːt englisch twiːd |der Tweed; Genitiv: des Tweeds, Plural: die Tweeds und Tweede englisch tweed, nach dem schottischen Fluss Tweed, der durch das Gebiet, wo der Stoff hergestellt wird, fließt meist klein gemusterter oder melierter, aus grobem Garn gewebter Stoff

 

Tweet

Tweet Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum EDV , der oder das |tviːt |der oder das Tweet; Genitiv: des Tweets, Plural: die Tweets englisch tweet, eigentlich = das Zwitschern beim Twittern gesendete Nachricht

 

Tweeter

Twee ter Substantiv, maskulin , der |ˈtwiːtɐ |der Tweeter; Genitiv: des Tweeter [s ], Plural: die Tweeter englisch [Hochton ]lautsprecher an elektroakustischen Anlagen

 

French Dictionary

tweed

tweed n. m. nom masculin Tissu de laine originaire d ’Écosse servant à la confection des vêtements sport. : Une veste de tweed inusable. Des tweeds de qualité. Note Technique Ce nom, emprunté à l ’anglais depuis plus de cent cinquante ans, est admis en français. Prononciation Les lettres ee se prononcent i et le d se prononce, [twid ]

 

Spanish Dictionary

tweed

tweed nombre masculino Tejido de lana virgen escocesa, que es de textura irregular y peluda y tiene un aspecto rústico pero suave al tacto; se caracteriza por su jaspeado y por ser un tejido cálido, fuerte y resistente al desgaste :en los codos de los sacos de tweed suelen ponerse coderas de cuero .Se pronuncia ‘tuid ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

twee

twee /twiː /形容詞 ｟英 くだけて ｠いやにすました, (鼻につくほど )こぎれいな .

 

tweed

tweed /twiːd /名詞 1 U ツイード 〘数色の糸で織った目の粗い毛織物 〙.2 C 〖～s 〗ツイードの服 .

 

tweedy

tweed y /twíːdi /形容詞 1 ｟英 ｠(田舎に住む )上流階級風の ; ツイード服の好きな .2 ツイードの (ような ).3 きさくな, くつろいだ .

 

Tween

Tween /twiːn /名詞 C (児童とティーンエージャーとの間にある )10歳から12歳ころの子供 .

 

tweenager

tween ager /twíːneɪdʒə r /名詞 ＝Tween .

 

tweet

tweet /twiːt /動詞 自動詞 〈小鳥が 〉チッチッと鳴く, さえずる .名詞 C (小鳥のチッチッという )さえずり .

 

tweeter

tw é et er 名詞 C ツイーター, 高音専用スピーカー .

 

tweezers

tweez ers /twíːzə r z /名詞 〖複数扱い 〗毛抜き, ピンセット ▸ a pair of tweezers ピンセット1丁