| 单词 | yodel call |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyodel call 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! < as lemmas |
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