xylophone: [19] Etymologically, a xylophone makes ‘sounds’ from ‘wood’. The term was coined in the 1860s from Greek xúlon ‘wood’ (an allusion to the instrument’s tuned wooden bars) and the combining form -phone ‘sound’.
xylophone (n.)
1866, coined from Greek xylon "wood" (see xylo-) + phone "a sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)).
双语例句
1. The length of the bars of the xylophone determines the different notes of the scale.
木琴琴键的长度决定音阶的不同音调.
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2. This is a xylophone.
这是一架木琴.
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3. I play the xylophone, fun, fun.
我弹起扬琴, 有趣 、 有趣.
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4. Listen to xylophone music from 1921.
听听看来1921年的木琴音乐吧!
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5. I never played it before but I knew it had the same keyboards as the xylophone.
我以前从未弹奏过电颤琴,但我知道它的键盘与木琴的一样.
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英英释意
1. a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
实用场景例句
The length of the bars of the xylophone determines the different notes of the scale.
木琴琴键的长度决定音阶的不同音调.
辞典例句
I never played it before but I knew it had the same keyboards as the xylophone.
我以前从未弹奏过电颤琴,但我知道它的键盘与木琴的一样.
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This is a xylophone.
这是一架木琴.
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Lorne gets up and finds his xylophone broken, " oh, damn. " He curses, which arouses a guffaw.
罗恩爬起来第一件事先捡回他的琴: “ 哦, 该死! ” 他骂道.
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I play the xylophone, fun, fun.
我弹起扬琴, 有趣 、 有趣.
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Listen to xylophone music from 1921.
听听看来1921年的木琴音乐吧!
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In school, I teach students to play jazz drums, kettledrums, xylophone and so on.
