hurdy-gurdy

短语

n. 手摇风琴

发音

UK /ˈhɜː.diˌɡɜː.di/
UK /ˌhɜː.diˈɡɜː.di/
US /ˈhɝː.diˌɡɝː.di/
US /ˌhɝː.diˈɡɝː.di/

词形变化

hurdy-gurdies 复数 hurdy-gurdies

别名

hirdy-girdy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A stringed instrument that produces a droning sound by turning a handle that connects to a wheel that rubs against a rosined string, with a keyboard also used to alter the pitch of the string.

    手摇琴

    绞弦琴

    手摇风琴

    音乐
  2. 2.

    Synonym of street organ, often considered a misnomer.

    音乐
  3. 3.

    A water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.

    美国
  4. 4.

    A winch, a windlass.

    航海 交通
adj.
  1. 1.

    Sounding like the Swedish language.

    幽默

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

wheel fiddle

上位词 2

instrument musical instrument

词源

Probably onomatopoeic in imitation of the sound produced by the stringed instrument. Compare obsolete hirdy-girdy (“an uproar; noise”). Attested from the 1740s.

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