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lilting

/lilt/US // lɪlt //UK // (lɪlt) //

悠扬的,悠扬的声音,悠扬的旋律,悠扬

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : rhythmic swing or cadence.
    • : a lilting song or tune.
  1. 1
    • : to sing or play in a light, tripping, or rhythmic manner.

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Examples

  • “My dad freaked out when the tabloid reporter turned up,” Cumming says, in his lilting Scottish brogue.

  • With his sandy blonde hair, blue eyes, and lilting Irish tones, Mosse clearly stuck out as a foreigner in the Congo region.

  • Sister Simone speaks with a gentle, lilting voice, but her words are pointed and direct.

  • “We always have fun,” she confided in her lilting Slovenian purr.

  • The young Englishman's hair, pale in color and very smooth, was worn longer than the fashion, the ends lilting.

  • And at the merry lilting of it Bibbs's father's son took heart to forget some of his trepidation.

  • Suddenly the melody changed to a glad little lilting measure, as sweet as love itself.

  • Then she strode on with a lilting joy, humming a song and putting her horse to his paces to keep up with her.

  • As she spoke the doors at the end of the dancing-hall opened, and the musicians in the gallery began to play a lilting strain.