Twee describes something that is trying so hard to be sweet and charming that it becomes annoying. Notice that the thing really is pretty — that is the whole point. A cottage with roses round the door, a café where the milk comes in tiny jugs and the menu is handwritten in curly letters, a song with whistling and glockenspiel in it, a shop selling cushions that say 'Home Sweet Home'. None of that is ugly.

Twee describes something that is trying so hard to be sweet and charming that it becomes annoyingtwee 形容的是那種太努力想要甜美可愛，結果反而讓人覺得煩的東西。Notice that the thing really is pretty要注意的是，那個東西真的很漂亮 — that is the whole point這才是重點。A cottage with roses round the door門口爬滿玫瑰的小屋, a café where the milk comes in tiny jugs and the menu is handwritten in curly letters牛奶用小罐子裝、菜單用花體字手寫的咖啡店, a song with whistling and glockenspiel in it有口哨聲和鐵琴聲的歌曲, a shop selling cushions that say 'Home Sweet Home'賣著印有「Home Sweet Home」抱枕的小店。None of that is ugly這些東西沒有一個是醜的。

Calling it twee means you find the prettiness too much, too small, too safe — sweet in a way that has no strength or truth in it. So it is an insult, but a gentle one, and it says as much about the speaker's taste as about the thing; another person could look at exactly the same café and just call it lovely.

Calling it twee說一個東西 twee means you find the prettiness too much, too small, too safe意思是你覺得它太美、太小心翼翼、太安全 — sweet in a way that has no strength or truth in it是那種沒有力道、也沒有真實感的甜美。So it is an insult所以這是一種批評, but a gentle one但是溫和的批評, and it says as much about the speaker's taste as about the thing而且說的其實跟說話者自己的品味一樣多，跟那個東西本身差不多; another person could look at exactly the same café and just call it lovely換一個人看同一家咖啡店，可能就只覺得它很可愛。

It is strongly British — Americans use it much less and may say 'cutesy' or 'precious' instead.

It它 is strongly British是很英式的用法 — Americans use it much less美國人比較少這樣說 and may say 'cutesy' or 'precious' instead可能會改說「cutesy」或「precious」。

It goes before a noun or after 'be': 'a twee little village', 'the ending was too twee'. Comparative forms are tweer and tweest, but most people say 'more twee'.

It它 goes before a noun or after 'be'可以放在名詞前面，或放在 be 動詞後面: 'a twee little village'「a twee little village」（一個做作可愛的小村莊）, 'the ending was too twee'「the ending was too twee」（結局太甜膩了）。Comparative forms are tweer and tweest比較級是 tweer 和 tweest, but most people say 'more twee'但大部分人會說「more twee」。

Oddly, in music the word turned round and became a name people are proud of: twee pop is a real style, and its fans call it that themselves.

Oddly說也奇怪, in music在音樂裡 the word turned round and became a name people are proud of這個字反而翻轉過來，變成大家引以為傲的名字: twee pop is a real styletwee pop 是真的存在的音樂風格, and its fans call it that themselves粉絲自己就這樣稱呼它。