bourdon

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbʊədən/|/ˈbɔːdən/    美 /ˈbʊɹdən/|/ˈbɔɹdən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The burden or bass of a melody. archaic
    — The earth tremors resumed and made a bourdon to the loud psalms that they sang, interspersed with the odd ode of Horace recited by Silas.
  2. a pilgrim's staff. historical
    — The left hand was gone, this held the bourdon or pilgrim's staff, a small portion only of which appeared over the scrip.
  3. The drone pipe of a bagpipe.
  4. The lowest-pitched stop of an organ.
    — The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
  5. The lowest-pitched bell of a carillon.
  6. A large, low-pitched bell not part of a diatonically tuned ring of bells.
  7. A bumblebee, genus Bombus.

词形变化

bourdons plural bourdons plural bordon alternative burdon alternative

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English burdoun (“accompaniment”), from Old French bordon, from Medieval Latin burdō, burdōnem (“drone”). The modern pronunciation and form (for *burdon) is influenced by modern French bourdon.
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English burdoun (“pilgrim's staff”), from Old French bordon, from Medieval Latin burdō, burdōnem (“pilgrim's staff”). The modern pronunciation and form is also influenced by modern French bourdon.
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