单词 | anklung |
释义 | anklungn. A musical instrument, shaken by the player, consisting of a wooden frame from which bamboo rods tuned in octaves are suspended.The anklung is traditionally played by the Sundanese people of western Java (in Indonesia). ΚΠ 1817 T. S. Raffles Hist. Java I. viii. 472 A troop of from ten to fifty mountaineers, each with an ánklung,..always perform upon this instrument on occasions of festivity. 1947 C. McPhee House in Bali 109 It was the strange notes of the anklungs which gave the music its primeval resonance. 2002 Jewish Chron. 2 Aug. 19/3 The B'nai B'rith hall reverberated to the sound of the anklung at a social evening. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1817 |
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