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warble

verb
🔊/ˈwɔːbl/
🔊/ˈwɔːrbl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they warble
🔊/ˈwɔːbl/
🔊/ˈwɔːrbl/
he / she / it warbles
🔊/ˈwɔːblz/
🔊/ˈwɔːrblz/
past simple warbled
🔊/ˈwɔːbld/
🔊/ˈwɔːrbld/
past participle warbled
🔊/ˈwɔːbld/
🔊/ˈwɔːrbld/
-ing form warbling
🔊/ˈwɔːblɪŋ/
🔊/ˈwɔːrblɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] warble (something) | + speech (humorous) to sing, especially in a high voice that is not very steady（尤指用颤音高声）唱
    • He warbled his way through the song.整个歌曲他是用高颤音唱的。🔊🔊
  2. [intransitive, transitive] warble (something) (of a bird鸟) to sing with rapidly changing notes啭鸣
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘melody’): from Old Northern French werble (noun), werbler (verb), of Germanic origin; related to whirl.

warble

noun
🔊/ˈwɔːbl/
🔊/ˈwɔːrbl/
[usually singular]
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  1. (humorous) a high singing voice, especially one that is not very steady（尤指用颤音高声）唱
    • I heard the faint warble of Laura’s voice.我听到了劳拉声音微弱的声音。
  2. the sound of a bird singing with rapidly changing notes啭鸣
    • You will hear the chirp and warble of many birds.你会听到许多鸟的鸣叫声和颤音。