trill

US: /ˈtɹɪɫ/
UK: /tɹˈɪl/


English Vietnamese dictionary


trill /tril/
  • danh từ
    • (âm nhạc) láy rền
    • (ngôn ngữ học) phụ âm rung
    • ngoại động từ
      • (âm nhạc) láy rền
      • đọc rung tiếng, nói rung tiếng
        • to trill the letter "r": đọc rung chữ " r"

    Advanced English dictionary


    noun, verb
    + noun
    1 a repeated short high sound made, for example, by sb's voice or by a bird
    2 (music) the sound made when two notes next to each other in the musical scale are played or sung quickly several times one after the other
    + verb
    1 [V] to make repeated short high sounds: A phone trilled on the desk. + The canary was trilling away happily.
    2 [V speech] to say sth in a high cheerful voice: 'How wonderful!' she trilled.
    3 [VN] (phonetics) to pronounce the letter 'r' by VIBRATING the tongue against the top of the mouth