| 单词 | yodel |
| 释义 | yodel (once / 29112 pages) nv To yodel is to sing with a rapid, dramatic change in pitch. When you yodel, your voice veers quickly between a low register and a very high falsetto. When someone yodels, it can sound almost like a strange cry, and you can call this sound itself a yodel as well. The yodel is often connected with the Bavarian alps, where it has a long rural tradition, although people in parts of Central Africa have long used a yodel as a form of communication, and it's been part of US country music since the 1920s. The German root word is jodeln, "to utter the syllable jo." WORD FAMILYyodel: yodeled, yodeling, yodelled, yodelling, yodels+/yodeling: yodelings USAGE EXAMPLESThe ecumenical menu might include a raw seafood medley with sea urchin, a Moroccan-tinged lamb and the Yodel dessert, a supersize rolled devil’s food cake. Wall Street Journal(Nov 24, 2016) Suddenly, though, her tone can yodel into unsettling. Washington Post(Oct 14, 2016) Farther away, we heard a choir’s wrenching yodels, traditional wordless songs alternating between falsetto and chest voice. New York Times(Oct 11, 2016) 1n a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto Hyper call, cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition 2v sing by changing register; sing by yodeling The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains Syn|Hyper descant, warble sing produce tones with the voice |
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