bullroarer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ritual musical instrument and means of communicating over extended distances, consisting of a slat of wood tied to the end of a thong or string, with which the slat is whirled so as to cause an intermittent roaring noise.
    — So far he was on the track of elementary Science. And so he made "bull-roarers" to imitate the sound of wind and the blessed rain-bringing thunder, or clashed great bronze cymbals together with the same object.

词形变化

bullroarers plural bull roarer alternative bull-roarer alternative

词源

From bull + roarer.
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