trill

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

trill [trill trills trilled trilling] noun, verb BrE [trɪl] NAmE [trɪl]
noun
1. a repeated short high sound made, for example, by sb's voice or by a bird
2. (music)the sound made when two notes next to each other in the musical ↑scale are played or sung quickly several times one after the other
3. (also roll) (phonetics)a sound, usually an /[r] /, produced by making the tongue ↑vibrate against a part of the mouth

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: from Italian trillo (noun), trillare (verb).
 
verb
1. intransitive to make repeated short high sounds
Syn: ↑warble
•A phone trilled on the desk.
•The canary was trilling away happily.
2. transitive + speech to say sth in a high cheerful voice
Syn: ↑warble
•‘How wonderful!’ she trilled.
3. transitive ~ sth (phonetics)to pronounce an ‘r’ sound by making a ↑trill (³)
compare ↑roll (¹⁰)
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: from Italian trillo (noun), trillare (verb).
 
See also: ↑roll

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  shake, warble, quaver