| 释义 |
‖ sekere|sekeˈre|
Also shekere.
[Yoruba.]
A Yoruba gourd-rattle.
1921S. & O. Johnson Hist. Yorubas i. viii. 121 The Calabash drum—ornamental with strings of cowries—is called Sèkèrè. 1937I. O. Delano Soul of Nigeria xiii. 160 The acrobatic dancers..tour the Yoruba land... They have their beaters, and what they beat is called ‘Sekere’. These are not drums, but gourds to which a number of cowries have been attached, so that they make a noise when shaken. 1963W. Soyinka Lion & Jewel 61 Distant music. Light drums, flutes, box-guitars, ‘sekere’. 1975New Yorker 29 Sept. 41/2 The other instruments are..and two shekeres—large West African calabashes strung with beads. |