aeolina

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An early type of harmonica with metal plates enclosing free reeds. historical
    — When in the 18th century, European organ-builders, acousticians, physicists, etc., heard this remarkable free reed, they obviously were fascinated by it for a wealth of free reed instruments appeared in the early 19th century. These instruments varied in size and type. Some were portable, small and mouth-blown like the “blow accordion,” harmonica, aeolina, and symphonion.

词形变化

aeolinas plural

词源

From Aeolus (see Aeolian harp) + -ina. Piecewise doublet of Aeoline. Developed under this name by the English physicist and inventor Charles Wheatstone (1802–1875).
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