| 单词 | lilt |
| 释义 | lilt (once / 5565 pages) nv Use the word lilt to describe a swinging kind of tempo in music. You might love old fashioned big band jazz because of its distinctive lilt. Upbeat, rhythmic music of any kind has a lilt, and you can also describe certain ways of speaking as having a lilt. In this case, the lilt is either the rhythm of a person's speech, or her accent — an Irish accent is often called an "Irish lilt." Lilt can be a verb, too, as when you lilt out a song. The earliest meaning of the word was "to lift up one's voice," from the West Midlands lulten, "to sound an alarm." WORD FAMILYlilt: lilted, lilting, lilts+/lilting: liltingest, liltingly USAGE EXAMPLES“They’re saying it’s an accident,” she said, her voice soft, lilting. Time(Dec 23, 2016) In Brazil, a tongue derived from German immigrants, Riograndenser Hunsrückish, blends Portuguese words with Teutonic suffixes and the lilt of Italian. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) As we close in on Christmas, there is such a holiday lilt to the air, almost a brogue. Los Angeles Times(Dec 14, 2016) 1n a jaunty rhythm in music Syn|Hyper swing rhythmicity the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music 2v articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way Hyper articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
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