timpani

n. 定音鼓

发音

US /ˈtɪmpəni/

词形变化

timpanis 复数 timpanis timpano

别名

Timp. tympani

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra.

    定音鼓

    音乐
  2. 2.

    plural of timpano

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

kettle kettledrum tympani tympanum

上位词 1

percussion instrument

词源

Borrowed from Italian timpani, plural of timpano (“drum”), from Latin tympanum (“drum”), from Ancient Greek τύμπανον (túmpanon), from τύπτω (túptō, “to strike, to hit”). Doublet of tympanum, timbre, timbal, and tymbal.

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