tympanize

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum. obsolete,transitive
    — Thou haſt plaid muſique to my dolefull ſoule; / And vvhen my heart vvas tympaniz'd vvith griefe, / Thou lauedſt out ſome into thy heart from mine, / And kept it ſo from burſting; […]
  2. To drum. intransitive,obsolete
    — prosperity does so tympanize mens souls , and intrance them from themselves ; that they forget they had a Maker.

词形变化

tympanizes present,singular,third-person tympanizing participle,present tympanized participle,past tympanized past

词源

From tympan + -ize.
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