亚洲网紅露点

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lilt

[ lilt ]

noun

  1. rhythmic swing or cadence.
  2. a lilting song or tune.


verb (used with or without object)

  1. to sing or play in a light, tripping, or rhythmic manner.

lilt

/ 濒瑟濒迟 /

noun

  1. (in music) a jaunty rhythm
  2. a buoyant motion
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (of a melody) to have a lilt
  2. to move in a buoyant manner
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞濒颈濒迟颈苍驳, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 濒颈濒迟顎僫苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 濒颈濒迟顎僫苍驳路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lilt1

First recorded in 1300鈥50; Middle English verb lilte, lulte 鈥渢o sound an alarm; lift up (one's voice)鈥; perhaps akin to Dutch, Low German lul 鈥减颈辫别,鈥 lullen 鈥渢o lull,鈥 Norwegian lilla 鈥渢o sing,鈥 of imitative origin
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of lilt1

C14 lulten, origin obscure
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The film and her lilting performance in it show how grief can coexist with a kind of grace 鈥 a peace with the unknowability of what lies beyond.

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Occasionally, Fish will be seized with adrenaline as he prepares to wrestle that demon, dangerously flailing around his apartment while Laura Karpman鈥檚 lilting score shifts into a jazz-infused cacophony of drums and horns.

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But is a Welsh lilt really the key to gaining people's trust as a faithful in the show?

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This lilting ballad transports us back to Mexico鈥檚 golden era of stately heartbreak songs, amplified by Becky鈥檚 astute production choices, which combine a retro melodic sensibility with the benefits of digital wizardry.

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The 鈥淐hairman鈥檚 Waltz鈥 in John Williams鈥 score to the 2005 film 鈥淢emoirs of a Geisha鈥 is another lilting, lovely example of grappling onto a dance that refused to die.

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