tambourine

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
  2. A tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria).
    — Tambourines are shy birds and do not tame easily.
  3. A kind of Provençal dance.
  4. The music for this dance.
动词 v.
  1. To play the tambourine.
  2. To make a sound like a tambourine.
    — Rain tambourined on the stately square.

词形变化

tambourines plural tambourines present,singular,third-person tambourining participle,present tambourined participle,past tambourined past

词汇关系

词源

词源 1
From French tambourin (“little drum”), from French tambour (“drum”). Ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr); see it and Persian تنبور for more.
词源 2
From French tambourin (“little drum”), from French tambour (“drum”). Ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr); see it and Persian تنبور for more.
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