tickle the ivories

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌtikl̩ ðiː ˈaɪv(ə)ɹiz/    美 /ˌtik(ə)l ði ˈaɪv(ə)ɹiz/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To play a piano or other keyboard instrument. informal,intransitive
    — […] Charles Jarvis, the Philadelphia pianist, […] tickled the ivories with old time unction and gave some of the audience the impression that Philadelphia was really a musical city.

词形变化

tickles the ivories present,singular,third-person tickling the ivories participle,present tickled the ivories participle,past tickled the ivories past tickle the ivory alternative tickle the ivory keys alternative tinkle the ivories alternative

词源

From tickle (“to touch (something) lightly”) + the + ivories (“(informal) keys of a piano or other keyboard instrument”) (from the fact that such keys used to be made from ivory).
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