| 单词 | bongo drum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbongo drum Usually in plural. Either of a joined pair of small deep-bodied drums of a kind originating in Cuba, typically held between the knees and played by striking with the fingers and palms. Also more fully bongo drum. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > pair or one of pair tabla1799 bongo1920 timbales1928 1920 J. Hergesheimer San Cristóbal 232 My head filled with the resonant bos and bongos of ñañiguismo. 1929 China Press (Shanghai) 25 Apr. 13/6 The Cuban government has prohibited the beating of the African ‘bongo drum’. 1956 New Yorker 11 Feb. 92/2 She's been doing her calypso act—with bongo accompaniment—since 1941. 1984 Financial Times 5 Dec. 19/6 There are bongoes, a sitar and tympani played listlessly by two downstage musicians. 2011 Oxfordshire Music Scene Dec. 20/2 Rhythmic percussion is the main dynamic, with drums, tablas, dhols and bongos aplenty. < as lemmas |
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