单词 | warble |
释义 | warble 1. v. & n. --v   1. intr. & tr. sing in a gentle trilling manner.   2. tr. a speak or utter in a warbling manner. b express in a song or verse (warbled his love). --n a warbled song or utterance. Etymology: ME f. ONF werble(r) f. Frank. hwirbilon whirl, trill 2. n.   1. a hard lump on a horse's back caused by the galling of a saddle.   2. a the larva of a warble fly beneath the skin of cattle etc. b a tumour produced by this. Phrases and idioms warble fly any of various flies of the genus Hypoderma, infesting the skin of cattle and horses. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. uncert. |
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