英语词汇warble的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	warble
词源	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. Entries linking to warble* whirl v. c. 1300, probably from Old Norse hvirfla "to go round, spin," related to hvirfill "circle, ring, crown," and to Old English hweorfan "to turn" (see wharf). Related: Whirled; whirling. Whirlybird "helicopter" is from 1951. warbler n. 1610s, agent noun from warble (v.). Applied to Old World songbirds by 1773 and to North American birds that look like them but sing little by 1783. updated on April 07, 2014
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