trill

英 [trɪl]

美 [trɪl]

n.  (人的)颤声，短促尖声; (鸟的)啼啭，唧唧啾啾; 颤音
v.  (连续)发颤音，发短促的响声; 欢快地高声说; 发r颤音

过去式：trilled　复数：trills　现在分词：trilling　第三人称单数：trills　过去分词：trilled　

TEM8

BNC.26634 / COCA.23431

牛津词典

noun

• （人的）颤声，短促尖声；（鸟的）啼啭，唧唧啾啾
  a repeated short high sound made, for example, by sb's voice or by a bird
• 颤音
  the sound made when two notes next to each other in the musical scale are played or sung quickly several times one after the other
• 颤音
  a sound, usually an /r/ , produced by making the tongue vibrate against a part of the mouth

verb

• （连续）发颤音，发短促的响声
  to make repeated short high sounds
  1. A phone trilled on the desk.
     办公桌上的电话丁零零地响了。
  2. The canary was trilling away happily.
     那只金丝雀唧唧啾啾地欢唱个不停。
• 欢快地高声说
  to say sth in a high cheerful voice
  1. ‘How wonderful!’ she trilled.
     “太妙了！”她高兴地喊道。
• 发r颤音
  to pronounce an ‘r’ sound by making a trill(3)

柯林斯词典

• VERB (鸟)啭鸣，唧啾
  If a birdtrills, it sings with short, high-pitched, repeated notes.
  1. At one point a bird trilled in the Conservatory.
     有那么一刻，一只鸟儿在温室里啼叫。
• VERB 尖声地说(或笑)
  If you say that a womantrills, you mean that she talks or laughs in a high-pitched voice which sounds rather musical but which also sounds rather irritating.
  1. 'How adorable!' she trills.
     “真可爱!”她尖声说。
• 颤音
  Atrillis the playing of two musical notes repeatedly and quickly one after the other.

英英释义

noun

• a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
  Synonym:shake
• the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula
  1. he pronounced his R's with a distinct trill

verb

• sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
  Synonym:warblequaver
• pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'
  1. Some speakers trill their r's

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