| 单词 | highland bagpipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHighland bagpipe Highland bagpipe n. (also with lower-case initial) a type of bagpipe associated with the Scottish Highlands; spec. one having three drones and a chanter, and a bag which the piper inflates by blowing into a valved blowpipe; also in plural; cf. piob mhor n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > pipe > [noun] > bagpipe bagc1275 stivec1290 cornemusec1384 musettea1393 bagpipec1405 pair1422 pipec1450 muse1484 drone1502 lilt-pipea1525 great pipe1592 miskin1593 Highland pipe1599 small-pipes1656 piffero1724 Highland bagpipe1728 zampogna1740 union pipes1788 Lowland pipes1794 pibroch1807 piob mhor1838 gaita1846 sack pipe1889 set1893 biniou1902 uillean pipes1906 1728 Ess. upon Taste & Writings Present Times 30 The Highland Bagpipes ceas'd, and their Musick died at Preston. 1826 W. H. Drummond Bruce's Invasion of Ireland ii. 27 In hall and in bower must thy harp's thrilling sound In the drone of that cursed Highland bagpipe be drowned? 1908 Celtic Monthly Sept. 231/1 As a musical instrument of war, the great Highland Bagpipe, or ‘Piob Mhor’, stands without equal, its shrill and penetrating notes being well suited to the roar and din of the battle. 2004 Time Out N.Y. 16 Dec. 18/2 Don't miss Davy Spillane, whose specialty is the uilleann pipes, a rare Irish cousin of the ubiquitous highland bagpipe with an ethereal sound all its own. < as lemmas |
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