单词 | yodelling |
释义 | yodellingyodelingn. A form of singing or calling characterized by repeated rapid alternations of pitch between the low chest voice and the high falsetto or head voice; the action of singing or calling using this technique. Also: any sound produced using this technique, or considered reminiscent of it, esp. in being characterized by rapid fluctuations in pitch or tone. Cf. yodel v. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [noun] > yodelling yodelling1827 warbling1880 1827 M. Wilmot Jrnl. 18 Aug. in More Lett. (1935) 288 The wild yodling of two young girls, who suddenly begun [sic] to sing their mountain melody. 1830 W. Scott Jrnl. 4 June (1946) 103 Anne wants me to go to hear the Tyrolese minstrels, but..I cannot but think their udalling yodeling..is a variation..upon the tones of a Jack Ass. 1841 in J. F. Campbell Frost & Fire (1865) I. 155 We stepped out for our stone house, from which came yoddling and screaming and all sorts of noises. 1937 N.Y. Times 21 Mar. xi. 4/4 Noodling is a kind of Afro-American yodeling... Only a few gifted souls can noodle in a satisfactory manner. 1957 Jrnl. Internat. Folk Music 9 9 In yodelling, where the exigencies of words do not hamper the free play of fantasy, the variety is far greater and the polyphonic tendency much greater. 1976 L. Thomas Dangerous Davies (1980) xii. 137 Over the housetops they could hear voices and very soon the yodelling of a police car. 2006 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Dec. 88 Can Plantenga really elevate our appreciation of the Swiss or cowboy yodeling we've learned to laugh at? Compounds General attributive, as yodelling chorus, yodelling club, yodelling contest, etc. ΚΠ 1851 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 31 Mar. If we might venture to suggest anything to such kind friends, it would be that a few of the characteristic yödling choruses, and some of the famous drinking-songs of Germany, would be most pleasingly national. 1882 Era 5 Aug. 24/4 Mr Harry Starr..begs to warn a certain unprincipled Ventriloquist against using his duly protected Yodelling Melody from his Song ‘Johanna’. 1933 Times 18 Feb. 3/5 Rural Programme by the Edelweiss Yodelling Club and the Zwahlen Peasant Orchestra. 1949 Salt Lake Tribune 29 Nov. 3/6 A yodeling contest with a visitor from Switzerland. 1984 Yearbk. Trad. Music 16 44 He reported significant acoustical and physiological differences between ‘ordinary’ singing and the special yodeling technique. 2015 Vancouver Province (Nexis) 29 May a66 The opening ceremonies included a yodelling demonstration and traditional Swiss dance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). yodellingyodelingadj. 1. That yodels; skilled at, or given to, yodelling. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adjective] > singing other music serenading1673 caroling1867 yodelling1886 torchy1941 1886 Era 10 Apr. 24/4 All you yodelling thieves who shamefully appropriate my property beware. 1909 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier 20 Nov. 2/3 Roped to a yodeling Alpine The trio scaled the mountainside. 1949 Music Educators Jrnl. 35 34/1 It is interesting to watch a group of hard-working laborers during the noon lunch hour gather about a yodelling minstrel. 2012 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 24 Nov. k4 There'll be puppet shows and cookie decorating, strolling musicians and a yodelling dog. 2. That resembles a yodel; characterized by repeated rapid fluctuations of pitch or tone. Π 1890 C. C. Harrison Flower de Hundred iv. 133 A yodeling call they had used as a summons to each other from boyhood. 1949 P. Bowles Sheltering Sky xxvii. 290 The music went on, the women regularly punctuated its cadences with their yodeling screams. 1987 Sunday Times 4 Oct. 59/7 Mr Attallah, whose voice rises to a yodelling shriek when he becomes excited. 2000 Independent (Nexis) 21 Aug. (Features section) 4 I have had all the testosterone I need. Nor do I need a re-eruption of acne and a yodelling voice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1827adj.1886 |
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