warble
warble1
verb
warble2
noun
verb
- [no obj.](of a bird) sing softly and with a succession of constantly changing notes
（鸟）啼啭
larks were warbling in the trees.
云雀在树上啼啭。
■(of a person) sing in a trilling or quavering voice
（人）用柔和的颤声唱
he warbled in an implausible soprano.
他用柔和的颤声唱出难以置信的女高音。
- a warbling sound or utterance
鸟啭，颤声
- late Middle English (as a noun in the sense 'melody'): from Old Northern French werble (noun), werbler (verb), of Germanic origin; related to whirl
warble2
noun
- a swelling or abscess beneath the skin on the back of cattle, horses, and other mammals, caused by the presence of the larva of a warble fly
（由牛蝇幼虫寄生形成的）动物皮下的肿块
■the larva causing this
皮蝇幼虫
- late Middle English: of uncertain origin
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