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单词 otacousticon
释义 otaˈcousticon
[mod.Lat., f. as prec.]
= prec. B.
1615T. Tomkis Albumazar i. iii, O let me see this wond'rous instrument. Ron. Sir, this is cal'd an Otacousticon.1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. ii. iv. (1676) 179/1 Otocousticons some speak of to intend hearing, as the other do sight.1668Pepys Diary 2 Apr., I did try the use of the Otacousti[c]on, which was only a great glass bottle broke at the bottom, putting the neck to my eare; and there I did plainly hear the dashing of the oares of the boats in the Thames.1715tr. Pancirollus' Rerum Mem. II. App. 443 Several Kinds of Otacousticons, or Instruments to improve the Sense of Hearing.
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