单词 | chinese gong |
释义 | > as lemmasChinese gong a. A metallic disk with upturned rim (usually made of an alloy composed of four parts copper to one of tin) which produces resonant musical notes when suspended and struck with a soft mallet. Also Chinese gong, a type of gong used in orchestras to give special effects. (See tom-tom n. 1b) Of Asiatic (Malay) origin, but now very generally employed in European countries as an instrument of call, esp. to summon a household to meals. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > gong gongc1600 gom1694 gum-gum1700 gong-gong1771 tam-tam1839 ghanta1867 c1600 Adv. A. Battel in Purchas Pilgrims (1625) II. 970 In the morning before day the Generall did strike his Gongo, which is an Instrument of War that soundeth like a Bell. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xii. 338 A great Drum with but one Head, called a Gong; which is instead of a Clock. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 176 They are fond of musical gongs, which come from Cheribon on Java. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. ix. 190 The heavy Gong is heard, That falls like thunder on the dizzy ear. 1806 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music (ed. 2) Gong, a Chinese instrument of the pulsatile kind. 1806 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music (ed. 2) The Gong is never introduced, except to give a national cast to the music in which it is employed, or to awaken surprise, and rouse the attention of the auditors. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vi. 120 I have had equally doubt concerning my dinner-call. Gongs, now in present use, seemed a new-fangled and heathenish invention. 1832 H. Martineau Demerara iii. 30 At this moment the gong sounded the hour of dinner. 1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North I. 213 Let the breakfast-gong sound at ten o'clock. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. x. 225 The two damsels now appeared, summoned by the gong. 1888 J. Stainer Stainer & Barrett's Dict. Musical Terms (ed. 3) 435/2 Tom-tom,..a Chinese gong. 1900 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 2) IV. 56/2 Tam-tam, the French term for the gong in the orchestra. 1961 A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages xiv. 341 The tam-tam or gong, from Eastern Asia, has been used in the orchestra to assist a climax, with its ominous note to suggest sadness or despair. 1962 Listener 22 Nov. 885/3 A vibraphone, a zylophone, and four Chinese gongs. 1968 Observer 14 Jan. 4/7 We don't make gongs very much. 1968 Observer 14 Jan. 4/7 The traditional home of the gong is the Far East. < as lemmas |
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