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单词 tirra-lirra
释义 tirra-lirra|ˈtɪrəˈlɪrə|
Also 7 teery-larry, -lerry, -leery, tyra-lyra. Cf. tiralee.
[Echoic. Cf. OF. turelu, tureluru, ‘a comic or burlesque refrain’ (Godefroy), turelure a bagpipe, a refrain, F. turlut a titlark; and quot. 1889.]
A representation of the note of the skylark, or of a similar sound uttered as an exclamation of delight or gaiety.
1611Shakes. Wint. T. iv. iii. 9 The Larke, that tirra-Lyra chaunts.1613W. Browne Brit. Past. i. v, The Larke..With the shrill chanting of her teery-lerry.1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 310/2 The Lark singeth Tyra Lyra.1832Tennyson Lady of Shalott iii. iv, ‘Tirra lirra’, by the river Sang Sir Lancelot.1889Grove Dict. Mus. IV. 805/1 Ture-Lure, or Toure-Loure, a very ancient lyrical burden or refrain, probably of Provencal origin. The old English form is ‘tirra-lirra’.
Hence as v. intr., to sing tirra-lirra; tirriˈlirring ppl. a., that sings tirra-lirra; tiry-tiry-leerer, a lark.
1659Torriano, Tirilirante lódola, the Tiriliring lark.1599T. M[oufet] Silkwormes 50 Let Tiry-tiry-leerers [marg. larkes] vpward flie.1879G. Meredith in New Q. Mag. July 83 Duchess Susan was distinguished coming across a broad, uncut meadow, tirra-lirraing beneath a lark.
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