taiko

名词 n.
/ˈtaɪkəʊ/    /ˈtaɪkoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A traditional drum, beaten by yobidashi to announce the beginning of a tournament, and at the end of each day
  2. The Chatham Island taiko (Pterodroma magentae).
    — The taiko, a gadfly petrel from the Chatham Islands near to New Zealand, was well known to islanders during the nineteenth century, being used by them as a food resource.
  3. A Japanese drum or a performance of several drummers in an ensemble (also called kumi-daiko).

词形变化

taikos plural taikos plural

词源

Borrowed from Japanese 太鼓 (たいこ taiko), from 太 (tʰàj, “great”) + 鼓 (kú, “drum”).
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