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ditty

/dit-ee/US // ˈdɪt i //UK // (ˈdɪtɪ) //

小调,小品,小曲,小调子

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    plural dit·ties.

    • : a poem intended to be sung.
    • : a short, simple song.
v.无主动词 verb
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    dit·tied, dit·ty·ing.

    • : Obsolete. to sing.
v.有主动词 verb
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    dit·tied, dit·ty·ing.

    • : Obsolete. to set to or celebrate in music.

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Examples

  • If you heard the song at a crowded bar, you might mistake it for an airy faux-feminist ditty.

  • Legendary composer Stephen Sondheim loosely nodded toward the idea with a singsongy little ditty about beans called “The Witch’s Rap” in 1986’s Into the Woods.

  • He often composes ditties to play at the farewell parties of staff members.

  • The addicting ditty “One of These Things” was used to help children learn to compare and discern differences.

  • If she ever knew that I would never be the man I promised I would be,” he sings on the 1990s pop ditty “Opposite of Me.

  • The kids get a record deal, and the bosses receive some mistaken intel that the song is a folk ditty, up for grabs copyright-wise.

  • A high school vibe overtook the hall: it was a pep rally, complete with its own music video—“Kahana was right,” laments the ditty.

  • “Miss Atomic Bomb,” a five-minute ditty that swells into a soaring rock anthem, is an early standout.

  • Mea, however, fought passionately for her friend and never gave way till Kurt had promised not to go on with his ditty.

  • The musicians played energetically, switching now from the hymn to their unofficial little ditty.

  • None other than that sweet sentimental ditty, "Be kind to the loved ones at home."

  • We almost felt like having that bright little ditty 'In Dixie's Land' served up to us, we all felt so jubilant.

  • The knife daily pierces the neck of the swine, and the kitchen wench wrings off the head of the fowl while she hums a ditty.