| 单词 | rattle-gourd |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrattle-gourd rattle-gourd n. a rattle made from a gourd containing peas, beans, pebbles, etc., and used as a musical instrument. ΚΠ 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 505 The tambour, rattle-gourd, and a kind of flute. 1840 W. Irving Seminoles in Knickerbocker Oct. 341 Having a band of music with them, consisting of a drum, flutes, and a rattle-gourd. 1926 R. Karsten Civilization S. Amer. Indians i. 36 Not only the weapons of the dead chiefs were laid in the grave with them, but also their maracas or rattle-gourds. 1998 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 2 July 14 A tribal ritual formation, clanging cowbells, shaking rattle-gourds, striking skins aggressively. < as lemmas |
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