单词 | quavered |
释义 | quaveredadj. rare (chiefly poetic). Of a sound, note, tune, etc.: sung or uttered with trills or quavers; consisting of quavers. ΚΠ 1762 W. Jones Arcadia 164 So wildly, so affectedly, he play'd, His tune so various and uncouth he made, That..not a nymph [could] the quaver'd notes approve. 1801 L. Hunt Juvenilia 36 Hear the Lark begin his quaver'd song. 1835 R. Mant Brit. Months 113 Hear his desultory bill Such notes of varying cadence trill, That mimick art that quaver'd strain May strive to match, but strive in vain. 1986 W. J. Smith in R. J. Schusterman et al. Dolphin Cognition & Behavior iii. xvi. 319 Quavered variants uttered in two events as the diving bird abruptly veered from a collision course and passed close by the stuffed decoy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1762 |
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