| 释义 |
‖ silbo|ˈsɪlbəʊ|
Also Silbo.
[Sp., = a whistle, whistling.]
A form of whistled Spanish used by the inhabitants of Gomera in the Canary Islands, in order to communicate across long distances. Also known as Silbo Gomero.
1957Archivum Linguisticum IX. i. 44 There are abundant references to the silbo and at least two full-length studies. 1964A. Classe in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 43 The investigation of a whistled form of Spanish (Silbo Gomero)... We tested one group of consonants which are invariably confused in the Silbo. 1977Sci. Amer. May 141/2 In the Spanish Civil War military signals were on occasion cast in Silbo, but there were Gomerans on both sides and so the measure-countermeasure drama soon ran its course. 1978Verbatim Sept. 13/1 A phonetic analysis of the Silbo Gomero of Canarian Spanish is extended feature by feature to the articulated whistle. |