tambourine

英 [,t?mb?'ri?n] 美[,t?mb?'rin]

GRE

復(fù)數(shù):?tambourines;

1. "彈撥鈴"

tambourine 鈴鼓，小手鼓

來(lái)自 tambour,鼓，-ine,小詞后綴。

tambourine: tambourine: [16] Tambourine is one of a small family of English words that go back ultimately to Persian tabīr ‘drum’. This found its way via Proven?al tabor and Old French tabour into English as tabor ‘small drum’ [13]. The Persian word was adopted into Arabic, where it was swallowed up by the similar-sounding tambūr ‘lute’ – so that tambūr now meant ‘drum’. This was borrowed into Old French as tambour, and passed on to English as tambour [15]. Tambourine comes from a French diminutive form.
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tambourine (n.): 1782, in the modern sense of "parchment-covered hoop with pieces of metal attached;" earlier "a small drum" (1570s), from French tambourin "long narrow drum used in Provence," diminutive of tambour "drum," altered by influence of Arabic tunbur "lute," from Old French tabour (see tabor).

The sense evolutions present some difficulties, and in some 17c. and early 18c. references it is difficult to say what sort of instrument is intended. Earlier names for this type of instrument were tambour de basque (1680s), also timbre and timbrel. Tambour itself is attested in English from late 15c., and Shakespeare has tabourine.

1. A stew without an onion is like a dance without a tambourine.: 燒菜沒(méi)有洋蔥就像跳舞沒(méi)有手鼓.

3. Begin the music , strike the tambourine , play the melodious harp and lyre.: 唱起詩(shī)歌,打手鼓, 彈美琴與瑟.

4. Tambourine is an instrument consisting of a small drumhead with jingling disks.: 小手鼓是一種由邊緣嵌有能叮當(dāng)作響的小金屬片的小鼓面.

5. Exciting Tambourine and Latin dance performance to heat up the night!: 令人興奮的手鼓與拉丁舞演出點(diǎn)燃您的情人節(jié)夜晚!