单词 | singsong |
释义 | singsong I. 1. a. b. < the singsong of the epic, its repetitious phrases and familiar story — College English > 2. chiefly Britain < food, refreshments, entertainment, and a singsong combined to make it a highly enjoyable evening — Crowsnest > 3. < began in the singsong of a professional guide — Donn Byrne > < the singsong of … campaign oratory — Max Ascoli > < the auctioneer with his rapid singsong — American Guide Series: Tenn > < speaking English in a Welsh singsong — John Barkham > II. 1. < is known as a singsong poet > 2. < writes singsong verse > < cases of long-windedness, foggy meanings, clichés, and singsong phrases — Stuart Chase > 3. < 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. transitive verb 1. < watched coolies singsong a dismantled truck up the cliff — Time > 2. < the class singsonging the number tables > < singsonged her way through Shakespeare with a … native-born inflection — Joan Comay > intransitive verb < droning on and on, his voice singsonging almost unrecognizably — Norman Mailer > < vendors singsonged up and down the platform — Jobo Nakamura > |
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