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单词 gum-gum
释义 gum-gum|ˈgʌmgʌm|
Also 8 gum-gumma, 8–9 gom-gom.
[Presumably from some Malay dialect. Cf. gong-gong.]
A hollow iron bowl, which is struck with an iron or wooden stick; a series of the same, varying in size and tone.
1700S. L. tr. Fryke's Voy. E. Ind. 244 Their warlike Musick is an Instrument made of Mettle, called Gum-Gum, much in the Nature of our Drums.1774Joel Collier [J. Bicknal] Mus. Trav. (1775) 56 Playing a warlike measure with his gom-gom.1800C. Smith Solit. Wanderer (1801) I. 326 The conchs and gomgoms of the Maroons suddenly broke the silence of the night.1836–9Dickens Sk. Boz, Tales vii. Steam Excurs., ‘What is a gum-gum?’ eagerly enquired several young ladies.
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