warble

英 ['wɔːb(ə)l] 美['wɔrbl]
  • n. 鸟啭鸣;颤声
  • vt. 鸟鸣;用柔和的颤声唱
  • vi. 鸟鸣;用柔和的颤声唱

GRE畅通词汇

词态变化


第三人称单数: warbles;过去式: warbled;过去分词: warbled;现在分词: warbling;

中文词源


warble 颤音

可能来自拟声词,或来自PIE*wer,弯,转,词源同vibrate,wring。用于指颤音,莺啼鸟啭。

英文词源


warble
warble: [14] The etymological notion underlying the word warble is of ‘whirling around’; its application to sounds, originally in the sense ‘whirl of notes, trill’, is a secondary development. It was borrowed from Old Northern French werbler, a derivative of the noun werble ‘trill, melody’. And this in turn came from Frankish *hwirbilōn ‘whirl, trill’, which is distantly related to English whirl. (Warble ‘swelling on an animal’s back caused by insect larva’ [16] is a completely different word. It may have been borrowed from the now obsolete Swedish compound varbulde, literally ‘pustumour’, or a related Scandinavian word.)
warble (v.)
late 14c., from Old North French werbler "to sing with trills and quavers" (Old French guerbloiier), from Frankish *werbilon (cognate with Old High German wirbil "whirlwind," German Wirbel "whirl, whirlpool, tuning peg, vertebra," Middle Dutch wervelen "to turn, whirl"); see whirl (v.). Related: Warbled; warbling. The noun is recorded from late 14c.

双语例句


1. The bird continued to warble.
鸟儿继续啁啾。

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2. A warble for joy of lilac - time, returning in reminiscence.
唱一支深情的歌, 为这回忆中归来的丁香花季节的欢乐.

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3. It's a pleasure to hear birds'warble in spring.
在春天里听鸟儿歌唱是一种乐趣.

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4. The male lead, still warble.
男主角还没有确定的人选.

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5. You may feel a little warble at the moment, but so have all the great singers.
有时,你可能觉得自己的歌声有些发颤, 但是所有伟大的歌唱家都有这种时刻.

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