Trill

(noun.) a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it.

(noun.) the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula; 'he pronounced his R's with a distinct trill'.

(verb.) pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'; 'Some speakers trill their r's'.

珍妮特录入

• But from under the towels odd defiant trills and bubblings still shook out. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Trills of melody were heard behind the scenes, and gurgling from a sweet pasteboard cottage covered with roses and trellis work. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Trilling it out like a kind of bird, with a pretty high note, that it may be audible to the old lady above the hum of the wheels. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She had reached her culmination: her voice rose trilling and bright over the storm of applause, and soared as high and joyful as her triumph. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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