亚洲网紅露点

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xylophone

[ zahy-luh-fohn ]

noun

  1. a musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of wooden bars, usually sounded by striking with small wooden hammers.


xylophone

/ 藞za瑟l蓹藢f蓹蕣n; 藢za瑟l蓹藞f蓲n瑟k; za瑟藞l蓲f蓹n瑟st /

noun

  1. music a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars of graduated length. It is played with hard-headed hammers
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • xylophonist, noun
  • xylophonic, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 虫测路濒辞路辫丑辞苍路颈肠 [zahy-l, uh, -, fon, -ik], adjective
  • 虫测路濒辞路辫丑辞苍路颈蝉迟 [zahy, -l, uh, -foh-nist, zahy-, lof, -, uh, -nist, zi-], noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of xylophone1

First recorded in 1865鈥70; xylo- + -phone
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of xylophone1

C19: from xylo- + -phone
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McCullough told police: "When I was hitting her it was like someone badly playing the xylophone, it was willy-nilly."

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He holds small mallets in his 鈥渉ands鈥 to play a kind of xylophone called a marimba.

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These instruments tend to be bells, gongs, types of xylophones and other kinds of pitched percussion instruments.

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They distributed xylophone mallets to those waiting in line.

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鈥淟et鈥檚 work together to keep your account safe and protect you from fraud,鈥 a recorded voice said, over a tinkly melody that sounded like a xylophone.

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