单词 | slit drum |
释义 | > as lemmasslit drum slit drum n. a primitive percussion instrument made out of a hollowed log with a longitudinal slit. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > wood blocks wood-block1837 pan1874 paiban1884 Chinese block1926 temple block1929 slit drum1933 slit-gong1938 1933 Africa VI. 155 The deep-toned slit-drum..is assigned by ethnologists..to the matriarchal ‘two-class’ culture circle. 1957 New Oxf. Hist. Music I. ii. 185 The wooden fish, still in use among Taoists and Buddhists, is a slit-drum. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIV. 61/2 In Vietnam the slit-drum is both a temple and a watchmen's instrument. On Java slit-drums can be traced to the Hindu-Javanese period (1st–9th century ad). < as lemmas |
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