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warble

/wawr-buhl/US // ˈwɔr bəl //UK // (ˈwɔːbəl) //

争吵,翘辫子,争论,争吵声

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    war·bled, war·bling.

    • : to sing or whistle with trills, quavers, or melodic embellishments: The canary warbled most of the day.
    • : to yodel.
    • : to produce a continuous sound varying regularly in pitch and frequency.
v.有主动词 verb
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    war·bled, war·bling.

    • : to sing with trills, quavers, or melodious turns.
    • : to express or celebrate in or as if in song; carol.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a warbled song or succession of melodic trills, quavers, etc.
    • : the act of warbling.

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Examples

  • It rose with a low, clear, deliberate warble, and seemed to float in the gray sky like the note of a lark.

  • Their subdued warble may be heard during October and later, as if the birds were humming to themselves.

  • Shrill and re-echoing through the narrow passage came the flute-like warble which Jacob knew only too well.

  • Petticoat told her that his mother had been living with him, but had fled incontinently on hearing a description of Warble.

  • The car was a museum piece, and as Warble caromed into its cushions she felt that her lines had fallen in pleasant places.