chirp /tfxp; tj3p/vi, vt. n [VP2A, C, 6A] (make) short, sharp note(s) or sound(s) (as of small birds or insects); utter in this way: (發(fā)) 喟啾聲 (如小鳥(niǎo)之嗚聲) 或吱唧聲 (如昆蟲(chóng)鳴聲); 以此種聲音說(shuō)出： the ~s of the sparrows/cicadas; 麻雀之吱喳聲 (輝之吱唧聲); grasshoppers ~ing all day; 終日而唧而鳴的蚱姑。