| 单词 | to play on music |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play on music 3. A musical instrument. Formerly esp. in †to play on music (also in plural). regional in later use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [noun] > collectively musica1382 minstrelsyc1390 set1561 orchestra1770 musical1809 family1842 instrumentarium1893 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 3 Esd. v. 2 Þei broȝten hem in to ierusalem..with musikis & tymbres & trumpis. c1400 Apocalypse St. John: B Version (Harl. 171) (1971) 96 (MED) Neuere aftir schal be herd in hir voice of harpis, neiþir of musikis, neiþir of pipers, [etc.]. 1556 in F. R. Raines Hist. Chantries Lancaster (1862) II. 262 He was grave and chaste, could play on the musiques, and was noe typler nor dyce man. 1656 Duchess of Newcastle Natures Pictures 370 Tutors..for all sorts of Vertues, as singing, dancing, playing on Musick, reading, writing, working, and the like. 1671 A. Behn Amorous Prince iii. iii. 46 An Artist I vow; canst play on any Musick? c1693 Player's Trag. 6 He was Handsom, cou'd Sing, Dance, and Play on the Musick. 1752 W. Halfpenny & J. Halfpenny Rural Archit. in Chinese Taste i. 6 A Room, wherein Musicians may be secreted (and play on soft Musick to the agreeable Surprize of Strangers). 1785 C. Macklin Man of World v. 58 He made love verses upon her in praise of her virtue, and her playing upon the music. a1800 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. (1814) 147 A fond Mother..will exultingly tell you that Miss ‘learned herself to play upon the Musick’. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. 78 Music, any musical instrument. a1903 R. Barrett in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 211/1 [Sussex] Let me go fetch my music. 1929 Amer. Speech 5 19 An old lady said to a man carrying a guitar: ‘Fetch yore music inter th' house—th' dew'll warp it.’ < as lemmas |
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