| 单词 | frame drum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasframe drum frame drum n. (a) a revolving drum in a piece of machinery which consists of, or serves as a mounting for, a frame (now rare); (b) Music any of the class of hand drums consisting of a (usually shallow) circular frame, either one or two drumheads, and occasionally also fitted with small bells or jingles. ΚΠ 1863 Sci. Amer. 21 Feb. 128/2 In combination with the frame-drum, binder, setting and feeding mechanism. 1901 J. Nisbet Burma under Brit. Rule—& Before II. xi. 304 The loud booming of the frame-drums on these almost daily festive occasions seemed unmusical to the end. 1917 Commerce Rep. (U.S. Bureau Foreign & Domest. Commerce) 8 June 922 The beating machine is a simple affair consisting of a frame drum revolving at high speed on which wooden or round iron crosspieces are affixed at intervals. 1935 K. G. Izigowitz Mus. & Other Instruments of S. Amer. Indians 165 Another single-membrane drum is the arctic shaman-drum or frame-drum. 1961 A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages 36 Frame drums also include a wide range of forms, with instruments as different from each other as the huge drums of ancient Sumeria,..and the European tambourines. 2000 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. i. 5/2 All over Afghanistan in the privacy of their homes women play, sing and dance to the sound of a daireh—a large tambourine-like frame drum. < as lemmas |
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