In early use, a tune or melody (perhaps of some special kind) performed on an instrument or sung. Subsequently (influenced by warble, v.1), the…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > song > singing (8) warblec1374 In early use, a tune or melody (perhaps of some special kind) performed on an instrument or sung. Subsequently (influenced by warble, v.1), the… baya1522 transferred applied to the singing of birds. Obsolete. recording1530 The singing of birds; esp. the (supposed) practising by a bird of its song in a quiet tone, now usually regarded as the production of subsong. Obs… swalingc1540 ? Loud singing (of birds). firdoning1599 sonneting1614 Singing, warbling. Obsolete. rare. Subcategories:— manner of (2) |
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