glockenspiel
发音
How to pronounce glockenspiel in British English: 英 [ˈglɒkənʃpi:l]
How to pronounce glockenspiel in American English: 美 [ˈglɑkənʃpil]
-
- Noun:
- a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
单词词源
- glockenspiel (n.)
- 1825 as a type of organ-stop 1834 as a musical instrument consisting of small bells or metal bars struck by hammers, from German Glockenspiel, literally "play of bells," from plural of Glocke "bell" (see clock (n.)) + Spiel "a play" (see spiel).
双语例句
- 1. I think electrons , perhaps , sound like a glockenspiel to me .