单词 | warble |
释义 | warble1/ˈwɔːb(ə)l /verb [no object] 1(Of a bird) sing softly and with a succession of constantly changing notes: larks were warbling in the trees...
Synonyms trill, sing, chirp, chirrup, chirr, cheep, twitter, tweet, whistle, chatter, squeak, pipe, peep 1.1(Of a person) sing in a trilling or quavering voice: he warbled in an implausible soprano...
noun A warbling sound or utterance: through the wall came a faint warble the warble of the phone...
Synonyms trill, trilling, song, birdsong, cry, warbling, chirp, chirping, chirrup, chirruping, chirr, chirring, cheep, cheeping, twitter, twittering, tweet, tweeting, whistle, whistling, chatter, chattering, squeak, squeaking, pipe, piping, peep, peeping, call, calling OriginLate Middle English (as a noun in the sense 'melody'): from Old Northern French werble (noun), werbler (verb), of Germanic origin; related to whirl. Rhymeswarble2/ˈwɔːb(ə)l /noun 1A swelling or abscess beneath the skin on the back of cattle, horses, and other mammals, caused by the presence of the larva of a warble fly.Deregulating the rendering process and/or dosing cattle for warbles with organo-phosphates gave us mad cow disease....
1.1The larva of the warble fly.According to these battle-scarred veterans, the best way to get rid of a larva is to plaster a thick piece of bacon on your skin above the breathing hole of a larva's warble. OriginLate Middle English: of uncertain origin. |
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