war·ble /ˈwɔrbəl/
鳥囀,顫聲(vt.)(vi.)鳥鳴,用柔和的顫聲唱
war·ble /ˈwɔrbəl/ 名詞
War·ble, n. A quavering modulation of the voice; a musical trill; a song.
And he, the wondrous child,
Whose silver warble wild
Outvalued every pulsing sound. --Emerson.
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War·ble n.
1. Far. (a) A small, hard tumor which is produced on the back of a horse by the heat or pressure of the saddle in traveling. (b) A small tumor produced by the larvae of the gadfly in the backs of horses, cattle, etc. Called also warblet, warbeetle, warnles.
2. Zool. See Wormil.
War·ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warbled p. pr. & vb. n. Warbling ]
1. To sing in a trilling, quavering, or vibratory manner; to modulate with turns or variations; to trill; as, certain birds are remarkable for warbling their songs.
2. To utter musically; to modulate; to carol.
If she be right invoked in warbled song. --Milton.
Warbling sweet the nuptial lay. --Trumbull.
3. To cause to quaver or vibrate. “And touch the warbled string.”
War·ble, v. i.
1. To be quavered or modulated; to be uttered melodiously.
Such strains ne'er warble in the linnet's throat. --Gay.
3. To sing in a trilling manner, or with many turns and variations. “Birds on the branches warbling.”
3. To sing with sudden changes from chest to head tones; to yodel.
warble
n : a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by
larvae of a botfly or warble fly
v 1: sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note
above or below [syn: trill, quaver]
2: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians
were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: yodel, descant]