英语词汇“to tickle the ivories”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. To touch (a stringed instrument, etc.) lightly as in tickling a person; to stir (a fire, etc.) slightly; to play or operate (the keys of a keyboard instrument or machine); esp. in to tickle the ivories (ivory n. 5d). colloquial.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > move lightly or briskly

tickle1589

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > play stringed instrument [verb (transitive)] > play lightly

tickle1589

society > communication > printing > typing > type [verb (transitive)]

to peck outa1382

pound1865

write1874

typewrite1887

type1888

tickle1926

to tap out1952

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing keyboard instrument > play keyboard instrument [verb (transitive)]

keyboard1889

tickle1926

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing keyboard instrument > play keyboard instrument [verb (intransitive)] > play piano

piano1854

to tickle the ivories1930

1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶iiii To tickle a Citterne, or haue a sweete stroke on the Lute.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 36 Let wantons light of hart Tickle the senceles rushes with their heeles.

1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol i. 143 Hark from aloft his tortur'd Cat-gut squeals, He tickles ev'ry String.

1771 Ann. Reg. 1770 Acct. of Bks. 243/2 One of them began to tickle his guittar.

1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms Tickle the fire.

18.. in Daily Chron. 10 Dec. (1902) 9/1 A country whose soil, it has been well said, only requires to be tickled with a hoe to laugh with a harvest.

1926 H. Crane Let. 5 Dec. (1965) 278 Tickling the typewriter keys is a stiff proposition.

1930 S. Sassoon Mem. Infantry Officer viii. ii. 194 He now told us that he had discovered a place where we could ‘buy some bubbly and tickle the ivories’.

1940 M. Sadleir Fanny by Gaslight ii. 371 Chunks..shouted to the pianist to tickle the ivories.

1980 Times 1 Oct. 12/6 The 24-year-old virtuoso who tickles the very keys once played by Reginald Dixon.

单词	to tickle the ivories
释义	> as lemmas to tickle the ivories a. To touch (a stringed instrument, etc.) lightly as in tickling a person; to stir (a fire, etc.) slightly; to play or operate (the keys of a keyboard instrument or machine); esp. in to tickle the ivories (ivory n. 5d). colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > move in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > move lightly or briskly tickle1589 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > play stringed instrument [verb (transitive)] > play lightly tickle1589 society > communication > printing > typing > type [verb (transitive)] to peck outa1382 pound1865 write1874 typewrite1887 type1888 tickle1926 to tap out1952 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing keyboard instrument > play keyboard instrument [verb (transitive)] keyboard1889 tickle1926 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing keyboard instrument > play keyboard instrument [verb (intransitive)] > play piano piano1854 to tickle the ivories1930 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie Ep. Ded. sig. ¶iiii To tickle a Citterne, or haue a sweete stroke on the Lute. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 36 Let wantons light of hart Tickle the senceles rushes with their heeles. View more context for this quotation 1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol i. 143 Hark from aloft his tortur'd Cat-gut squeals, He tickles ev'ry String. 1771 Ann. Reg. 1770 Acct. of Bks. 243/2 One of them began to tickle his guittar. 1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms Tickle the fire. 18.. in Daily Chron. 10 Dec. (1902) 9/1 A country whose soil, it has been well said, only requires to be tickled with a hoe to laugh with a harvest. 1926 H. Crane Let. 5 Dec. (1965) 278 Tickling the typewriter keys is a stiff proposition. 1930 S. Sassoon Mem. Infantry Officer viii. ii. 194 He now told us that he had discovered a place where we could ‘buy some bubbly and tickle the ivories’. 1940 M. Sadleir Fanny by Gaslight ii. 371 Chunks..shouted to the pianist to tickle the ivories. 1980 Times 1 Oct. 12/6 The 24-year-old virtuoso who tickles the very keys once played by Reginald Dixon. extracted from ticklev.¹ < as lemmas
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