单词 | skirl |
释义 | skirl ![]() v. skirled, skirl·ing, skirls v.intr. To produce a high, shrill, wailing tone. Used of bagpipes. v.tr. To play (a piece) on bagpipes. n. 1. The shrill sound made by the chanter pipe of bagpipes. 2. A shrill wailing sound: "The skirl of a police whistle split the stillness" (Sax Rohmer). [Middle English skrillen, skirlen, probably of Scandinavian origin.] |
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