music boxn.

Brit.

/ˈmjuːzɪk bɒks/, U.S.

/ˈmjuzɪk ˌbɑks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: music n., box n.²

Etymology: < music n. + box n.²

†1. Probably: = orchestra n. 2b. Obsolete. rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > other parts of theatre > [noun] > place for musicians

music house1602

music rooma1627

orchestra1724

music box1756

orchestra pit1886

1756 E. Moore Poems, Fables, & Plays 24 No, no; the left-hand box, in blue; There! don't you see her?.. There's Garrick in the music-box! Watch but his eyes.

†2. A barrel organ. Obsolete. rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > musical box > [noun] > barrel-organ

hand organ1721

street organ1769

barrel organ1772

music box1773

grinding-organ1801

panharmonicon1811

flute-organ1828

orchestrino1838

orchestrion1838

organ1841

piano organ1842

autophone1850

grind-organ1888

1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer i. 4 Little Aminadab that grinds the music box.

3. = musical box n.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > musical box > [noun]

musical box1813

musical snuff-box1825

melodion1826

music box1827

barrel organ1842

harmoniphon1880

polyphon1892

1827 G. Croly May Fair 116 A set of patent music-boxes To lure the buffaloes and foxes.

1844 M. Fuller Woman in 19th Cent. (1862) 258 Music-boxes, which you can wind up to play their set of tunes.

1877 H. James American xiii. 216 Newman was simply charmed, and he handled his charm as if it were a music-box which would stop if one shook it.

a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) ix. 365 On a table of black walnut..were a stereoscope and a rosewood music box.

1943 S. Kingsley Patriots ii. iii. 135 The music box plays a tinkling melody.

1991 S. Faludi Backlash i. iii. 70 She is like the ballerina in an old-fashioned music box, her unchanging features tiny and girlish..her body stuck on a pin.

4. slang (humorous). A piano.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte

pf1724

pianoforte1741

fortepiano1769

piano1772

joanna1846

music box1850

box1902

1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xv. 146 There was a piano in Mr. Sibwright's chamber..and at this music-box, as Mr. Warrington called it, Laura..played and sang.

1863 C. Reade Hard Cash I. vii. 178 Just smiles and sits down to the music-box. Only she won't sing two running.

1927 P. Dunning & G. Abbott Broadway 216 I ain't supposed to sit here and pound this music box.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	music box
释义	music boxn. Brit. /ˈmjuːzɪk bɒks/, U.S. /ˈmjuzɪk ˌbɑks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: music n., box n.² Etymology: < music n. + box n.² †1. Probably: = orchestra n. 2b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > other parts of theatre > [noun] > place for musicians music house1602 music rooma1627 orchestra1724 music box1756 orchestra pit1886 1756 E. Moore Poems, Fables, & Plays 24 No, no; the left-hand box, in blue; There! don't you see her?.. There's Garrick in the music-box! Watch but his eyes. †2. A barrel organ. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > musical box > [noun] > barrel-organ hand organ1721 street organ1769 barrel organ1772 music box1773 grinding-organ1801 panharmonicon1811 flute-organ1828 orchestrino1838 orchestrion1838 organ1841 piano organ1842 autophone1850 grind-organ1888 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer i. 4 Little Aminadab that grinds the music box. 3. = musical box n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > musical box > [noun] musical box1813 musical snuff-box1825 melodion1826 music box1827 barrel organ1842 harmoniphon1880 polyphon1892 1827 G. Croly May Fair 116 A set of patent music-boxes To lure the buffaloes and foxes. 1844 M. Fuller Woman in 19th Cent. (1862) 258 Music-boxes, which you can wind up to play their set of tunes. 1877 H. James American xiii. 216 Newman was simply charmed, and he handled his charm as if it were a music-box which would stop if one shook it. a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) ix. 365 On a table of black walnut..were a stereoscope and a rosewood music box. 1943 S. Kingsley Patriots ii. iii. 135 The music box plays a tinkling melody. 1991 S. Faludi Backlash i. iii. 70 She is like the ballerina in an old-fashioned music box, her unchanging features tiny and girlish..her body stuck on a pin. 4. slang (humorous). A piano. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte pf1724 pianoforte1741 fortepiano1769 piano1772 joanna1846 music box1850 box1902 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xv. 146 There was a piano in Mr. Sibwright's chamber..and at this music-box, as Mr. Warrington called it, Laura..played and sang. 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash I. vii. 178 Just smiles and sits down to the music-box. Only she won't sing two running. 1927 P. Dunning & G. Abbott Broadway 216 I ain't supposed to sit here and pound this music box. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1756
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