| 单词 | house organ |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse organ house organ n. (a) a small organ suitable for use in a private house, chapel, etc. (cf. chamber organ n. at chamber n. Compounds 4) (now chiefly historical); (b) a publication produced by a particular company, business, or group and dealing mainly with its own activities (cf. Compounds 7). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > types of organ > [noun] > small organ regalc1475 portativea1525 chamber organ1673 positive1728 positive organ1728 house organ1758 apollonicon1834 organette1849 organetto1876 1758 E. Whalley Let. 16 Sept. in B. Franklin Papers (1965) VIII. 162 He put up the Chimes in our Church, made a House-organ, and..used frequently to amuse himself with playing upon it. 1867 H. R. Stiles Hist. City of Brooklyn I. ix. 308 Among the elegant furniture which they owned was a house-organ, which was always played when the family were at meals. 1886 Western Druggist Sept. 361/1 The ‘Southern Druggist and Home Doctor’ is the latest venture in ‘house organ’ pharmaceutical journalism and probably the most discreditable. 1969 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder to Go xvii. 171 Chicken Feed, house organ of the Chicken Tonight organization, was not due for three weeks. 1992 Step-by-Step 8 i. 138/2 Annual reports and house organs must reflect diversity. 2000 A. Labounsky Jean Langlais iv. 84 House organs were not in great supply, but..affluent music lovers..held recitals in their homes. < as lemmas |
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