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单词 obeophone
释义

obeophonen.

Brit. /ˈəʊbɪə(ʊ)fəʊn/, U.S. /ˈoʊbioʊˌfoʊn/
Origin: Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, -phone comb. form.
Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin (perhaps after oboe n.1) + -phone comb. form.
Music. rare.
A mechanical musical instrument designed chiefly to imitate or supply the sound of the woodwind. Cf. orchestrino n., orguinette n.
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1927 H. E. Wortham Oscar Browning xiii. 234 For the performance of chamber music he possessed a number of orchestrine di camera, familiarly known as ‘obeophones’, which represented the wood-wind, or even supplemented the strings.
1940 V. Woolf Roger Fry ii. 49 The host himself pedalled away at the obeophone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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