lilt
- IPA[lilt]
美式
- a characteristic rising and falling of the voice when speaking; a pleasant gentle accent;a pleasant, gently swinging rhythm in a song or tune
- speak, sing, or sound with a lilt
verb: lilt, 3rd person present: lilts, gerund or present participle: lilting, past tense: lilted, past participle: lilted
noun: lilt, plural noun: lilts
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a characteristic rising and falling of the voice when speaking; a pleasant gentle accent he spoke with a faint but recognizable Irish lilt
- ▪ a pleasant, gently swinging rhythm in a song or tune the lilt of the Hawaiian music
- ▪ a cheerful tune.
動詞
- 1. speak, sing, or sound with a lilt the music lilted and swaggered in a dance rhythm
- 更多解釋
- IPA[lɪlt]
英式
- a characteristic rising and falling of the voice when speaking; a pleasant gentle accent: he spoke with a faint but recognizable Irish lilt
- speak, sing, or sound with a lilt: the music lilted and swaggered in a dance rhythm
Oxford Dictionary