trill
noun /trɪl/
/trɪl/
- a repeated short, high sound made, for example, by somebody’s voice or by a bird
(人的)颤声,短促尖声;(鸟的)啼啭,唧唧啾啾 - (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音乐 颤音 - (also roll)(phonetics
) a sound, usually a /r/, produced by making the tongue vibrate against a part of the mouth语音学 Topics Languagec2颤音
词源mid 17th cent.: from Italian trillo (noun), trillare (verb).