释义 |
tam·bour I. \ˈtamˌbu̇(ə)r, ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, drum, from Middle French, from Arabic ṭanbūr, modification (influenced by ṭunbūr, a lute) of Persian tabīr 1. also tam·bor \-bȯ(ə)r\ a. : drum I 1 b. : drummer 1 2. a. : drum I 4a(1) b. : bell I 5e c. : a circular wall (as one supporting a dome) d. : a sloping buttress or projection (as in court tennis or fives) for deflecting a ball that strikes it 3. a. : an embroidery frame; especially : a set of two interlocking hoops between which cloth is stretched before stitching b. : the embroidery made on a tambour frame; especially : embroidery consisting of looped stitches similar to chain stitch and worked with a fine hook c. : tambour lace 4. : a shallow metallic cup or drum with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever used singly or in groups to transmit and register arterial pulsations, blood pressure, respiratory movements, peristaltic contractions, and other slight motions (as of speech) 5. : a rolling top or front (as of a desk) composed of narrow half-round strips of wood glued on canvas II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) transitive verb : to embroider (cloth) with tambour intransitive verb : to work at a tambour frame • tam·bour·er \-u̇rə(r)\ noun -s |