lilt

英 [lɪlt]

美 [lɪlt]

n.  (说话声的)抑扬顿挫; 节奏欢快的旋律; 轻快活泼的曲调
v.  以轻快的节奏说（或唱、发声）

现在分词：lilting　过去式：lilted　第三人称单数：lilts　复数：lilts　过去分词：lilted　

BNC.33091 / COCA.22583

牛津词典

noun

• （说话声的）抑扬顿挫
  the pleasant way in which a person's voice rises and falls
  1. Her voice had a soft Welsh lilt to it.
     她讲话的声音柔和而抑扬顿挫，有些威尔士口音。
• 节奏欢快的旋律；轻快活泼的曲调
  a regular rising and falling pattern in music, with a strong rhythm

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （说话声调的）欢快，抑扬顿挫
  If someone's voice has aliltin it, the pitch of their voice rises and falls in a pleasant way, as if they were singing.
  1. Her voice is childlike, with a West Country lilt.
     她的声音如孩童般，带有英格兰西南部诸郡的那种抑扬顿挫。

英英释义

noun

• a jaunty rhythm in music
  Synonym:swing

verb

• articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way

双语例句

• Mr Goodnight's voice has returned to its more usual, gentle Southern lilt.
  古德奈特恢复了南方人常见的温和轻快的语调。
• Her voice is childlike, with a West Country lilt.
  她的声音如孩童般，带有英格兰西南部诸郡的那种抑扬顿挫。
• There was a lilt in her voice which was new.
  她的声音里透出一种轻快活泼，这是以前没有的。
• The listener is obliged to add details such as phrasing and lilt mentally.
  听众不得不自己去想象，补充一些细节，比如语气和语调。
• They eyed bearded men on planes and trains, glanced nervously at suspicious packages in shopping malls, and listened for the lilt of Arabic in airports and bus stations.
  他们密切注视在飞机、火车长着长胡子的人，紧张地瞥眼可着在购物中心的包裹，在机场和公交车站里听带着阿拉伯语的口音。
• The woman was small and plump, with a lilt in her walk.
  那妇人矮小丰满，走路轻快而有节奏。
• Yet his light Ulster lilt, as he sips water in his offices in Piccadilly, makes it hard to imagine him operating with a merciless savagery, in the words of one critic.
  不过，当他在位于伦敦皮卡迪利大街的办公室里一边喝水，一边哼着轻快的阿尔斯特曲调，人们将很难想象他无情与野蛮的管理（某位批评人士的话）。
• She has a lilt to her voice.
  她说话的声调抑扬顿挫。他的语调是那么抑扬顿挫。
• I love it when people ask: Are you Irish I think it's because when you are from Cologne you have a little bit of a lilt in your accent and that's positively un-German.
  我喜欢人们问我：你是爱尔兰人吗。我想这是因为，你从科隆来，口音有些轻快，这无疑不那么像德国人。
• He speaks English with a strong Chinese accent and speaks Chinese with a slight foreign lilt.
  他说英国话带者浓重的中国口音，而说中国话又带几分洋腔调。