warble

FREQ #49101

n. 用颤音唱的歌, 鸟啭, 颤声 v. 鸟鸣, 用柔和的颤声唱

发音

US /ˈwɔɹbl̩/
UK /ˈwɔːbl̩/
AU

词形变化

warbles 复数 warbled warbles 三单 warblest warbleth warbling warbling 现在分词 warbled 过去式 warbled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    In naval mine warfare, the process of varying the frequency of sound produced by a narrowband noisemaker to ensure that the frequency to which the mine will respond is covered.

    可数 不可数 政治 军事
  2. 2.

    The sound of one who warbles; singing with trills or modulations.

    可数 不可数
  3. 1.

    A lesion under the skin of cattle, caused by the larva of a bot fly of genus Hypoderma.

  4. 2.

    A small hard swelling on a horse's back, caused by the galling of the saddle.

v.
  1. 1.

    To modulate a tone's frequency.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To sing like a bird, especially with trills.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To cause to quaver or vibrate.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

yodel trill quaver descant

上位词 1

sing

相关短语

warble fly [医] 肤蝇 warble flies

词源

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

来源：wiktionary