Warble

(noun.) a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly.

(verb.) sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below.

录入:保拉

• Ned, getting sentimental, warbled a serenade with the pensive refrain. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• But she would have consented if he had proposed to sing a whole opera, and warbled away, blissfully regardless of time and tune. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I hear a nightingale warbling in a wood half a mile off; no moving form is visible, no coming step audible; but that perfume increases: I must flee. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• It seems nobody ever goes into the house without finding this young gentleman lying on the rug or warbling at the piano. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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