单词 | yodel |
释义 | yodeln. An example of yodelling (yodelling n.); a melody, musical phrase, call, etc., produced using the technique of yodelling. Also in extended use: any shout, cry, song, etc., resembling or likened to this. Cf. yodel v. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > [noun] > yodel yodel1841 1841 Hull Packet 11 June 3/3 The Jodel and its echo, with the accompaniment of the violin and guitar, carry the imagination at once to the wild and romantic scenery of the Tyrol. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxvi. 260 Fanny's little sisters were taught a particular cry or jödel, which they innocently whooped in the court. 1883 Harper's Mag. July 907/2 As he joined his own vibrant baritone to the Tyrolese song-music, his yodel drowned all other sounds. 1935 E. Pyle in D. Nichols Ernie's Amer. (1990) 257 He arranged for the coyotes to come and yell their ghostly yodel just at bedtime. 1986 L. Erdrich Beet Queen (1989) iii. xii. 243 Whatever I might have said to reassure her was drowned out by Dot's yodel of delight and Mary's rasp. 2013 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 24 Mar. 61 My father was never happier than when he was flailing away on his patched-up Sears acoustic, throwing in yodels, cattle calls and gunslinger guitar riffs as required. Compounds yodel call n. [after German Jodelruf (first half of the 19th cent. or earlier)] (a) a call or cry making use of the technique of yodelling and typically used in mountainous areas for communicating over distances (cf. yodel v. 1); (b) Ornithology a distinctive undulating call produced by some birds, esp. divers or loons (genus Gavia). Π 1856 tr. F. von Tschudi Sketches Nature in Alps ii. iv. 121 The Jödel-call [Ger. Jodelrufe] and converse sweet Relieve the burden of the way. 1938 Times 7 Mar. 11/4 A simulation of the echo of a yodel call resounding from an Alpine mountain peak. 1975 Auk 92 333 The role of the yodel call in the communication system of the Common Loon, Gavia immer, has not been well understood or extensively investigated. 2008 Jrnl. Wildlife Man. 72 666/2 We sexed adult loons based on body mass or production of the territorial yodel call by males. 2010 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 Mar. 31 An authentic Tyrolean yodel call which echoes off the steel-grey crags, followed later by a fair dinkum cooee! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). yodelv. 1. a. intransitive. To sing or call using a distinctive style of vocalization characterized by repeated rapid alternations of pitch between the low chest voice and the high falsetto or head voice.In some mountainous regions yodelling has traditionally been used as a means of communicating over distances; it is particularly associated with Alpine regions of Switzerland and the Austrian Tyrol. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > yodel yodel1838 1838 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) II. 266 Listening to three little peasant girls, all youdling to perfection in parts. 1850 J. von Tautphœus Initials I. v. 117 A loud gay voice was heard in the distance jodling. 1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly II. xii. 174 The shepherds jodel in the valleys. 1945 G. Mitchell Rising of Moon xii. 134 He had a good voice and yodelled well, but it was a sound which June particularly disliked. 2010 Musical Q. 93 12 In both of these [records] he yodels in the spoken sections as well as in the sung sections. b. intransitive. In extended use: to shout, cry, sing, etc., in a manner reminiscent of yodelling; to make any noise characterized by rapid fluctuations in pitch or tone.With use with reference to birds (esp. loons) cf. yodel call n. (b) at yodel n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1847 Liverpool Mercury 17 Sept. 6/6 Alboni was as great as ever - warbling, carolling, (and yodeling, as in the 'Tra, la, la', of Donizetti's 'Inquesto semplice'). 1890 J. R. Lowell Let. 7 Sept. (1894) 415 The screech-owl..every night yodels mournfully about the house like a banshee. 1935 Boys' Life 2 Nov. 4/1 It was only a loon, the great northern diver, a half mile away yodelling to his mate somewhere nearby. 1992 National Geographic Traveler July 100/3 The loon yodeled and danced on the water. 2013 Canberra Times (Nexis) 8 Aug. a12 Hammers whacked, drills and saws whined and yodelled and bulldozers roared and beeped. 2. transitive. To sing (a song, melody, refrain, etc.) using the technique of yodelling, or in a manner reminiscent of yodelling. Also: to say or shout with fluctuating pitch or tone. ΚΠ 1839 H. W. Longfellow Hyperion II. iii. iii A single voice..was heard yodling forth a ballad. 1843 W. Howitt Rural & Domest. Life Germany 85 He said he had learned to yodle in Switzerland, and if we would allow him, he would yodle us some Swiss song. 1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany II. xi. 52 From far away comes the refrain jödeled back to her. 1912 E. T. Seton Arctic Prairies xxxiii. 225 It turned out..to be a family of Red-throated Loons, yodelling their inspiring marching song. 1946 L. Lower Here's Luck (new ed.) xiii. 98 We followed and crowded round her as she put the receiver to her ear. ‘Hello,’ she yodelled, and listened. 1977 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 7 Dec. The songs selected were the best..and the renditions were faithfully yodelled. 2001 A. O'Hare Green Eyes ix. 116 Nodding to the two oldsters in passing. ‘Having a picnic, boys?’ she yodelled. ‘Fine day for it,’ says he. 2014 Prince George Citizen (British Columbia) (Nexis) 28 Oct. a4 We got to hear her yodel an old camp song from her teenage years. 3. transitive. To make (one's way) by or whilst yodelling (literal and figurative). ΚΠ 1912 Salt Lake Tribune 22 Dec. At Theatre Page Prtizkow and Blanchard appear in ‘A Mixed Affair’ and they yodel their way to the heart of an audience. 1940 D. L. Murray Tale Three Cities ii. x. 258 The milkman grinned... ‘Milk . . . oop!’ He yodelled his way up the alley to the street at the back. 1995 Times (Nexis) 22 Mar. An American police car yodels, swerves and bumps its way through the streets of San Francisco. 2015 Glasgow Evening Times (Nexis) 4 Feb. 25 The story of the von Trapp family, who have to sing and yodel their way to freedom from the Nazis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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