单词 | tin pan |
释义 | tin pann. 1. A pan made of tin, also attributive in reference to the noise made by beating such. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > broad, shallow vessel or pan > specific stander1459 start pan1459 basin-pan1462 fire pan1558 tin pan1806 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > harsh and metallic brazen1596 wiry1609 metallic1821 tin pan1843 brassy1847 panny1869 tinny1877 trebly1970 1806 in E. C. Barker Austin Papers (1924) I. i. 102 1 doz. Tin pans. 1843 Knickerbocker 22 50 With discordant fife and old tin-pans for drums. 1854 R. W. Emerson Poetry & Imag. in Wks. (1906) III. 169 What we once admired as poetry has..come to be a sound of tin pans. 2. A cheap, ‘tinny’ piano. Cf. tin-panny adj. at Derivatives. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (transitive)] > ridicule by beating pots and pans tinkle1562 shivaree1805 lowbell1845 rough music1847 ran-tan1866 tin-kettle1881 tin pan1882 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte > types of piano grand pianoforte1784 square pianoforte1787 grand piano1795 cottage pianoforte1816 cottage piano1824 table piano1827 table pianoforte1827 tin kettle1827 grand1830 piccolo1831 Broadwood1832 semi-grand1835 pianino1848 cottage1850 square piano1853 street piano1855 upright1860 pianette1862 digitorium1866 Steinway1875 baby grand1879 square1882 tin pan1882 honky-tonk piano1934 minipiano1934 spinet1936 prepared piano1940 ravalement1959 rinky-tink1961 miniature1974 Mozart piano1980 1882 C. Farrar Amateur & Professional Stage Life viii. 156 It was now Linwood's turn, and with a wail, that sounded like ‘Oh, if I only had a decent piano!’ he went out and tackled the old ‘tin-pan’ again. Compounds Tin Pan Alley n. colloquial (originally U.S.) the world of the composers and publishers of popular music; also applied loosely to a district where song publishing houses abound, spec. (formerly) in New York in 28th Street and in London around Denmark Street (see Denmark n.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > [noun] > popular composing or publishing Tin Pan Alley1908 1908 Hampton's Broadway Mag. Oct. 456/2 Oh it's a world in itself, is Tin Pan Alley. It has its laughter and its tears. 1909 Busy Man's Mag. Jan. 48/1 Down Twenty-eighth Street, which is known as ‘Tin Pan Alley’, a dozen music publishing houses grind out new song ‘hits’ daily. 1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz viii. 161 Like everybody else, I think of the Alley as a street. As a matter of fact, Tin Pan Alley exists now only as a tradition. 1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz i. 29 Much knowledge of human nature is to be found in Tin Pan Alley and its English equivalent, Denmark Street, Charing Cross Road. 1944 S. Bellow Dangling Man 132 I guess she sees herself in Tin-Pan Alley, her face streaked with tears. 1950 R. P. Blesh & H. Janis They all played Ragtime (1958) xi. 220 While Tin Pan Alley was squeezing ragtime dry, a few people made a lot of money and a great number of people made a little. 1979 ‘P. O'Connor’ Into Strong City i. xvii. 61 I found Seven Dials... Then Denmark Street. O this is Tin Pan Alley it belongs in the pages of the Melody Maker. Derivatives Hence as v. transitive, to serenade in derision by beating tin pans; cf. sense 2. tin-panny adj. U.S. of a piano: tinny-sounding. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [adjective] > types of piano upright1795 overstrung1860 trichord1866 overstriking1880 understriking1880 tin-panny1885 rinky-tink1906 1885 Daily News 8 Jan. 6/6 The female portion of the community ‘tin-panning’ the rev. gentleman, a great uproar being caused by the beating of old trays, kettles, &c. 1904 J. C. Lincoln Cap'n Eri ii. 30 On the platform of one [shop] a small crowd was gathered, and from the interior came shouts of laughter and the sound of a tin-panny piano. 1931 G. O. Russell Speech & Voice iii. xv. 158 The high partials become ‘metallic’ like the tin-panny piano. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1806 |
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