tambourine

FREQ #24661

n. 小手鼓

发音

US /ˌtæm.bəˈɹiːn/

词形变化

tambourines 复数 tambourines tambourined tambourines 三单 tambourining tambourining 现在分词 tambourined 过去式 tambourined 过去分词

别名

tamborine tambourin tamburin timburine Tmbn.

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.

    铃鼓

  2. 2.

    A tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria).

  3. 3.

    A kind of Provençal dance.

  4. 4.

    The music for this dance.

v.
  1. 1.

    To play the tambourine.

  2. 2.

    To make a sound like a tambourine.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

drum membranophone tympan

相关短语

tambourine dove tambourine doves

词源

From French tambourin (“little drum”), from French tambour (“drum”). Ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr); see it and Persian تنبور for more.

来源：wiktionary