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单词 electrophone
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electrophonen.

Brit. /ᵻˈlɛktrə(ʊ)fəʊn/, U.S. /əˈlɛktrəˌfoʊn/, /iˈlɛktrəˌfoʊn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: electro- comb. form, -phone comb. form.
Etymology: < electro- comb. form + -phone comb. form. Compare earlier electrophonic adj.
1. An instrument which produces sounds in response to an electric current, e.g. from an induction coil or telephone, esp. as developed to enable telephone subscribers to hear concerts, plays, public speeches, etc., in their home. Now historical.
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society > communication > telecommunication > other types of sound telecommunication > [noun] > apparatus
telephone1832
electrophone1864
magneto-telephone1878
thermophone1878
photophone1880
radiophone1881
teleradiophone1881
thermotelephonea1884
telegraphophone1889
theatrophone1889
hydrograph1893
sonobuoy1937
1864 Trans. Royal Sc. Soc. Arts 6 185 (heading) On the electrophone and some of its applications. By T. S. Wright.
1896 Daily News 29 May 6/7 The huge brass bellmouth apparatus fixed on the prompt side of the opera proscenium is an electrophone.
1920 P. G. Wodehouse Let. 24 Nov. in Yours, Plum (1990) i. 13 We listened to the Palladium on the electrophone the night before last.
1949 Radio Times 15 July 6/1 [We] presented an electrophone to our aged father on October 5th, 1908... I have a vivid recollection of..listening to a relayed programme.
1994 Independent (Nexis) 28 June 17 We listened to concerts via the telephone wires on my grandfather's electrophone.
2. Any musical instrument in which sound is electronically generated or amplified.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > other musical instruments > [noun] > electronic
theremin1927
Martenot1931
trautonium1931
Ondium Martenot1936
Ondes musicales1938
Ondes1940
Ondes Martenot1940
monochord1956
synthesizer1957
Mellotron1963
Moog1967
electrophone1968
Stylophone1968
multi-keyboard1976
synth1976
keytar1979
Synclavier1979
1968 Music Educators Jrnl. 54 73/1 He explains the ethnomusicologist's classification of instruments as chordophones, aerophones, membranophones, idiophones, or, today, electrophones.
1995 Galpin Society Jrnl. 48 214 Regional and folk instruments.., later keyboard instruments, electrophones and mechanical instruments are not covered.
2004 M. Campbell et al. Musical Instruments ii. 71 On the electric guitar, which belongs to the electroacoustic sub-group of the electrophone family, the string vibrations are transformed into an electrical signal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

electrophonev.

Brit. /ᵻˈlɛktrə(ʊ)fəʊn/, U.S. /əˈlɛktrəˌfoʊn/, /iˈlɛktrəˌfoʊn/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: electrophone n.
Etymology: < electrophone n. Compare telephone v.
Now historical.
transitive. To transmit (a speech, etc.) by means of the electrophone.
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1904 Westm. Gaz. 20 Jan. 8/2 The rapidity with which the words spoken by Mr. Chamberlain in the Guildhall were electrophoned to Langham-place.
1909 Newspaper Owner 18 Sept. 15 (heading) Electrophoning Lord Rosebery's Glasgow speech to London.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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