vt. 责难, 愚弄, 嘲笑

n. 谴责, 责骂, 嘲笑

[法] 挖苦, 嘲弄, 谴责

Twit \Twit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twitting}.] [OE. atwiten, AS. [ae]tw[=i]tan to reproach,
blame; [ae]t at + w[=i]tan to reproach, blame; originally, to
observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong (cf. the
meanings of E. animadvert; akin to G. verweisen to censure,
OHG. firw[=i]zan, Goth. traweitan to avenge, L. videre to
see. See {Vision}, {Wit}.]
To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault,
defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to
upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.

This these scoffers twitted the Christian with.
--Tillotson.

[AE]sop minds men of their errors, without twitting
them for what is amiss. --L'Estrange.