musical boxn.

Brit.

/ˈmjuːzᵻkl ˌbɒks/, U.S.

/ˈmjuzək(ə)l ˌbɑks/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: musical adj., box n.²

Etymology: < musical adj. + box n.² Compare music box n.

A (usually ornamental) box containing a mechanism comprising a revolving cylinder with projecting pins which pluck resonant metal strips in sequence to play a piece of music when the lid is opened or when a handle is turned. Also figurative.The mechanism, often driven by clockwork, may also turn a miniature display of some kind, such as a rotating figure, etc.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > musical box > [noun]

musical box1813

musical snuff-box1825

melodion1826

music box1827

barrel organ1842

harmoniphon1880

polyphon1892

1813 Sun 7 June 3/4 The morning after the robbery, Richardson laid a musical box on her chimney-piece, and set it to play—it was also identified.

1829 A. Royall Pennsylvania I. 10 A small wooden musical box..by mechanical invention produced the name of any capital town you called for.

1841 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg iv, in New Monthly Mag. 61 266 Toy, and trinket, and musical box.

a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) II. xviii. 34 He brought with him a very fine musical box which he had bought at Geneva, a toy not common then.

1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 311 The ‘musical-box’ toy, which is in fact a carillon on a minute scale, playing on vibrating tongues.

1925 T. E. Lawrence Let. 3 Nov. (1938) 486 Our hut now has a little musical box.

1925 E. Sitwell Poetry & Crit. 21 No time for darkness there, excepting in the cubes of their musical-box brains.

1973 A. W. J. G. Ord-Hume Clockwork Music 108 Probably the best known of the musical box dealers and wholesalers was Henry Klein.

1991 B. Leigh Catch of Hands 59 I..listened to the aged musical box. Its missing tines gave a wounded sound to its plangency.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	musical box
释义	musical boxn. Brit. /ˈmjuːzᵻkl ˌbɒks/, U.S. /ˈmjuzək(ə)l ˌbɑks/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: musical adj., box n.² Etymology: < musical adj. + box n.² Compare music box n. A (usually ornamental) box containing a mechanism comprising a revolving cylinder with projecting pins which pluck resonant metal strips in sequence to play a piece of music when the lid is opened or when a handle is turned. Also figurative.The mechanism, often driven by clockwork, may also turn a miniature display of some kind, such as a rotating figure, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > musical box > [noun] musical box1813 musical snuff-box1825 melodion1826 music box1827 barrel organ1842 harmoniphon1880 polyphon1892 1813 Sun 7 June 3/4 The morning after the robbery, Richardson laid a musical box on her chimney-piece, and set it to play—it was also identified. 1829 A. Royall Pennsylvania I. 10 A small wooden musical box..by mechanical invention produced the name of any capital town you called for. 1841 T. Hood Miss Kilmansegg iv, in New Monthly Mag. 61 266 Toy, and trinket, and musical box. a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) II. xviii. 34 He brought with him a very fine musical box which he had bought at Geneva, a toy not common then. 1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 311 The ‘musical-box’ toy, which is in fact a carillon on a minute scale, playing on vibrating tongues. 1925 T. E. Lawrence Let. 3 Nov. (1938) 486 Our hut now has a little musical box. 1925 E. Sitwell Poetry & Crit. 21 No time for darkness there, excepting in the cubes of their musical-box brains. 1973 A. W. J. G. Ord-Hume Clockwork Music 108 Probably the best known of the musical box dealers and wholesalers was Henry Klein. 1991 B. Leigh Catch of Hands 59 I..listened to the aged musical box. Its missing tines gave a wounded sound to its plangency. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813
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