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单词 singsong
释义 singsong
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: sing (I) + song
1.
 a. : a verse selection with marked and regular rhythm and rhyme : a jingling song or ballad
 b. : verse of such characteristics
  < the singsong of the epic, its repetitious phrases and familiar story — College English >
2. chiefly Britain : sing 1a
 < food, refreshments, entertainment, and a singsong combined to make it a highly enjoyable evening — Crowsnest >
3. : a voice delivery characterized by a narrow range of pitch or a mechanically repetitious pitch variation
 < began in the singsong of a professional guide — Donn Byrne >
 < the singsong of … campaign oratory — Max Ascoli >
 < the auctioneer with his rapid singsongAmerican Guide Series: Tenn >
 < speaking English in a Welsh singsong — John Barkham >
II. adjective
1. : making or delivering singsong
 < is known as a singsong poet >
2. : characterized by the light or trivial usually monotonously expressed
 < writes singsong verse >
 < cases of long-windedness, foggy meanings, clichés, and singsong phrases — Stuart Chase >
3. : having a monotonous cadence or rhythm : marked by a singsong
 < story in a deliberately rhythmical, singsong prose — New Yorker >
 < cultivated a singsong manner of speaking — Thomas Pyles >
 < the singsong orchestration from a loud radio sawed the air — Kathryn Grondahl >
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. : to move by or as if by means of a singsong or chant
 < watched coolies singsong a dismantled truck up the cliff — Time >
2. : to speak, chant, or declaim in singsong
 < the class singsonging the number tables >
 < singsonged her way through Shakespeare with a … native-born inflection — Joan Comay >
intransitive verb
: to speak, chant, or sing in a singsong manner
 < droning on and on, his voice singsonging almost unrecognizably — Norman Mailer >
 < vendors singsonged up and down the platform — Jobo Nakamura >
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