单词 | musical bow |
释义 | > as lemmasmusical bow musical bow n. any of various simple musical instruments made from a string or strings stretched from end to end of a curved stick, and usually employing a gourd or the player's mouth as a resonator, sound being produced by striking or plucking the strings. ΚΠ 1897 O. T. Mason in Amer. Anthropologist 10 377 The ‘hool’, a musical instrument played by the Mayas, at Loltun, in Yucatan, adds another area to the distribution of the ‘musical bow.’ 1937 Man 37 130/2 One of the oldest and most interesting instruments recorded was the musical bow..in which the single overtones are amplified by the cavities of the head. 1990 New Age Oct. 52/3 There's the secret of the South American berimbau, the single-stringed musical bow. < as lemmas |
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