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单词 musical glasses
释义

musical glasses


plural noun

a set of drinking glasses filled with varying amounts of water to produce ringing tones of different pitches when the player's finger is rubbed around the wet rims.
Compare glass harmonica.

Origin of musical glasses

First recorded in 1760–70

Words nearby musical glasses

musical box, musical chairs, musical chairs, play, musical comedy, musicale, musical glasses, musicalize, musical ride, musical saw, music box, music centre
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Example sentences from the Web for musical glasses

  • I am also an accomplished waltzer; I know the use of the globes, and can play the overture to Zampa on the musical-glasses.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, August 18, 1894|Various

British Dictionary definitions for musical glasses

musical glasses

pl n

another term for glass harmonica
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