| 单词 | trill |
| 释义 | trill trill1 /tril/, v.t. 1. to sing or play with a vibratory or quavering effect. 2. Phonet. to produce (a sound) with a trill. 3. (of birds, insects, etc.) to sing or utter in a succession of rapidly alternating sounds. v.i. 4. to resound vibrantly, or with a rapid succession of sounds, as the voice, song, or laughter. 5. to utter or make a sound or succession of sounds resembling such singing, as a bird, frog, grasshopper, or person laughing. 6. to execute a shake or trill with the voice or on a musical instrument. 7. Phonet. to execute a trill, esp. with the tongue, as while singing, talking, or whistling. n. 8. the act or sound of trilling. 9. Music. a rapid alternation of two adjacent tones; a shake. 10. a similar sound, or succession of sounds, uttered or made by a bird, an insect, a person laughing, etc. 11. Phonet. a. a sequence of repetitive, rapid, vibratory movements produced in any free articulator or membrane by a rush of air expelled from the lungs and often causing a corresponding sequence of contacts between the vibrating articulator and another organ or surface. b. a speech sound produced by such a trill. [1635-45; < It trillo quaver or warble in singing << Gmc; cf. D trillen to vibrate, late ME trillen to shake or rock (something)] trill2 /tril/, Archaic., v.i. 1. to flow in a thin stream; trickle. v.t. 2. to cause to flow in a thin stream. [1300-50; ME trillen to make (something) turn, to roll, flow (said of tears, water) < ODan trijlae to roll (said, e.g., of tears and of a wheelbarrow); cf. Norw trille, Sw trilla. See TRILL1] |
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