Warble : (새/사람/기계)지저귀다, 노래하다, (특히 높고 불안정한 목소리로)노래하다, 지껄이다, 불평하다, 칭얼거리다
Warbler : 휘파람새, 울새
1)
to warble, to sing but with continuously chaning notes
the notes are always changing
you have birds that are called warblers
these birds effectively warbble
the birds were singing in the trees warbling
chirping, singing, trilling, cheeping
he warbled down the street, his voice is going up and down
if you use to warble, meaning to yodel, to warble got this idea of changing notes
a bird warbles pleasantly
I was warbling in the bath, singing in a high-pitched and rather unsteady voice
the singer warbled some Chrismas caroles, she is not singing very well
a machine could warble
hid phone warbled to tell hime that he's got another message
a bird warbles melodiously
2)
but notice, we use this verb, to warble informally
what are you warbling about?, what are you talking about, what do you mean?
what you are saying is more like bird song, it's nothing actually very serious
come on stop warbling about your problems, I don't want to here you
he is always warbling about his financial problems
we use this warbling, means to talk about something but particularly it's bit negative and critical
he is always warbling on about how expensive things are
she is always warbling on about how her hustand treats her
to complain
to talk at leagth about someone or something
he is always warbling on about his pet theories
to go on about
the teacher warbled on about irregular verbs in English
the phrase I've heard many times
what is he warbling about?
what is hi complaining about ?
what is he moaning about?
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