warble: [14] The etymological notion underlying the word warble is of ‘whirling around’; its application to sounds, originally in the sense ‘whirl of notes, trill’, is a secondary development. It was borrowed from Old Northern French werbler, a derivative of the noun werble ‘trill, melody’. And this in turn came from Frankish *hwirbilōn ‘whirl, trill’, which is distantly related to English whirl. (Warble ‘swelling on an animal’s back caused by insect larva’ [16] is a completely different word. It may have been borrowed from the now obsolete Swedish compound varbulde, literally ‘pustumour’, or a related Scandinavian word.)
warble (v.)
late 14c., from Old North French werbler "to sing with trills and quavers" (Old French guerbloiier), from Frankish *werbilon (cognate with Old High German wirbil "whirlwind," German Wirbel "whirl, whirlpool, tuning peg, vertebra," Middle Dutch wervelen "to turn, whirl"); see whirl (v.). Related: Warbled; warbling. The noun is recorded from late 14c.
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1. The bird continued to warble.
鸟儿继续啁啾。
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2. A warble for joy of lilac - time, returning in reminiscence.
唱一支深情的歌, 为这回忆中归来的丁香花季节的欢乐.
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3. It's a pleasure to hear birds'warble in spring.
在春天里听鸟儿歌唱是一种乐趣.
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4. The male lead, still warble.
男主角还没有确定的人选.
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5. You may feel a little warble at the moment, but so have all the great singers.
