单词 | membranophone |
释义 | membranophonen. A musical instrument, such as a drum, kazoo, etc., in which the sound is produced by a stretched membrane. Cf. idiophone n. at idio- comb. form . ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [noun] > type by sound production aerophone1927 autophone1937 chordophone1937 membranophone1937 idiophone1940 1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 17 Apr. 288/2 Those [instruments] which employ a stretched membrane (membranophones), such as drums. 1958 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 10 Mar. 772/1 Membranophones, instruments with taut membranes made to vibrate by percussion, friction, or sympathetically. 1960 Times 18 Mar. 4/6 But aerophones, idiophones, membranophones..are universal and they are the concern of organology. 1980 New Grove Dict. Music XII. 130/2 Membranophones are subdivided according to whether they are struck drums, plucked drums, friction drums or singing membranes. 1998 Asbury Park Press (Neptune, New Jersey) (Nexis) 2 Apr. b3 This week..the pupils are making cordophones (string instruments) and membranophones (percussion instruments). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1937 |
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