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tambourine
(tæmbəriːn)
Word forms: plural tambourines
countable noun
A tambourine is a musical instrument which you shake or hit with your hand. It consists of a drum skin on a circular frame with pairs of small round pieces of metal all around the edge.
tambourine in British English
(ˌtæmbəˈriːn)
noun
music
a percussion instrument consisting of a single drumhead of skin stretched over a circular wooden frame hung with pairs of metal discs that jingle when it is struck or shaken
Derived forms
tambourinist (ˌtambouˈrinist) noun
Word origin
C16: from Middle Flemish tamborijn a little drum, from Old French: tambourintambourine in American English
(ˌtæmbəˈrin)
noun
a shallow, single-headed hand drum having jingling metal disks in the rim: it is played by shaking, hitting with the knuckles, etc.
Derived forms
tambourinist (ˌtambouˈrinist) noun
Word origin
Fr tambourin: see tambourinImage oftambourine
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instrumentChinese translation of 'tambourine'
tambourine
(tæmbəˈriːn)
n (c)
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铃(鈴)鼓
(línggǔ)
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