Listen for a thin run of notes that will not sit still — it slides up, dips down, and on the way. English has a verb for exactly that sound, warble, and a warbler is simply whatever makes it. Usually that is a small bird in a hedge. But the name follows the sound, so it can also land on a person at a microphone or a part inside a machine.
warbler 可以想成先聽見一串停不住的細音:往上滑一下,又掉下來,中間還帶著抖。英文剛好有個動詞在講這種聲音,就是 warble;而 warbler 就是「發出那種聲音的那個」。多數時候,那是樹叢裡的一隻小鳥。不過這個名字是跟著聲音走的,所以它也可能落在麥克風前的人身上,或是機器裡的一個小零件上。
From the word’s history
Warbler is warble plus -er, so the word names whatever produces that wavering song.
warbler 由 warble(發出顫抖起伏的歌聲)加上 -er 組成,字面上就是「發出那種歌聲的那一個」。因為 -er 不限於人,所以這個名字可以給鳥、給人,也可以給一個零件。
Wiktionary, "warbler"
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