| 单词 | to bang the box |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bang (also pound) the box a. slang (originally U.S.). A piano. Esp. in to bang (also pound) the box: to play the piano, esp. in a lively, spontaneous, or improvised manner. Now rare.Chiefly in jazz and blues contexts. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > stringed keyboards > [noun] > pianoforte pf1724 pianoforte1741 fortepiano1769 piano1772 joanna1846 music box1850 box1902 1902 Boston Globe 21 Dec. 7 [At Yale] cigarettes are ‘dope sticks’, and to ‘bang the box’ means to play the piano. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. (1961) xxiii. 273 She was ‘all het up pounding the box’. 1963 A. Baraka Blues People (1995) viii. 116 There would usually be four or five pianists at any really popular affair, and each would take his turn at the ‘box’. < as lemmas |
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