单词 | piano-playing |
释义 | piano-playingn. The action, practice, or art of playing the piano. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing keyboard instrument > [noun] > playing piano pianoforting1822 piano1841 piano-playing1844 pianism1892 pianistics1938 1844 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Nov. 435/2 In 1817, arose a new composer for the piano, of great merit, a virtuoso, who seemed born to give piano-playing a new direction. It was Moscheles. 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady II. iii. 39 Speaking of her piano-playing. 1956 ‘C. Blackstock’ Dewey Death vii. 169 She persistently told the world about..her piano playing and her temperament. 1992 London Rev. Bks. 26 Mar. 6/3 This brought him into direct conflict with the main tradition of piano-playing as it had developed since the end of the 18th century. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). piano-playingadj. That plays the piano. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing keyboard instrument > [adjective] > piano-playing pianistic1849 piano-playing1853 1853 Ladies' Repository May 231 A bachelor's opinion of modern girls... Lap-dog doating, Byron quoting, piano playing, gems displaying. 1902 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 17 Aug. 8 (advt.) This is a piano-playing republic. 1962 A. Huxley in J. Huxley Humanist Frame 417 The contemporary bright baby may grow up to become almost anything—a Presbyterian engineer, for example, a piano-playing Marxist, [etc.]. 1996 G. Studlar This Mad Masquerade iv. 232 Chaney starred as ‘Blizzard’, a piano-playing criminal mastermind who seeks to revenge himself against Dr. Ferris. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844adj.1853 |
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