1. small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song. 美洲颜色鲜艳的小歌鸟，但歌声不太合旋律。
2. we do like cowbirds and cuckoos, which lay their eggs in nests which other birds have built, and cheer no traveller with their chattering and unmusical notes. 我们不喜欢燕八哥和杜鹃，它们跑到别个鸟禽所筑造的巢中去下蛋，那叽叽喳喳的不协和乐音并不能使行路经过的人听了快乐。
3. They raised their shrill voices across the playing field, albeit in not unmusical tones, to summon children home, to summon pet dogs home or simply in petty quarrels. 孩子们在附近空地嬉戏，到了该回家的时候，你会听到人们歇斯底里地用刺耳的嗓子喊孩子们回家，也喊狗儿回家。在他们跟别人争执时，嗓子也是这个样子的。
英英解释
adj.
1. lacking interest in or talent for music
2. not musical in nature
3. lacking melody
