单词 | finger hole |
释义 | > as lemmasfinger hole finger hole n. (a) one of a series of holes in a wind-instrument which may be covered with the fingers or left open in order to produce different notes; (b) an opening (typically round) in an object through or into which a person can insert his or her finger or fingers. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > [noun] > parts generally > finger-hole stopc1500 ventage1604 finger hole1785 1785 European Mag. & London Rev. June 438 The first next sound that can be obtained on a trumpet, French-horn, and particularly on a German flute, with all the finger-holes stopped, is the VIIIth above the lowest. 1788 Cabinet-makers London Bk. Prices 31 Particulars of a furniture drawer... Each finger hole in ditto. 1841 Boston Courier 11 Feb. 2/6 It appeared that fire had been introduced into the barn through a finger-hole, used for raising the latch of the stable door from the inside. 1893 R. Wallascher Primitive Music iii. 94 The Karagwe tribes have a pipe with six finger holes. 1976 D. Munrow Instruments Middle Ages & Renaissance i. 14/1 The essential features of the recorder are its beak-shaped mouthpiece and the number of its finger-holes. 1991 N.Y. Times 24 Nov. v. 19/3 The entire summer school took a breather and played skittles—a kind of bowling with no finger holes cut into the smallish ball. 2014 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 15 Mar. 1 e Each has three drones (pipes that play a continuous note) and a chanter (the pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played) that are powered by air squeezed out of a bag. < as lemmas |
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