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单词 bronteon
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bronteonn.

Etymology: < Greek βροντεῖον ‘an engine for making stage-thunder’ (Liddell & Scott).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: bronˈteon.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > machinery for effects > for thunder
mustard-bowl1674
thunder-trunk1767
thunder-drum1807
thundering-machine1826
bronteon1849
crash1891
thunder-sheet1913
thunder run1944
1849 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. i. 65/1 Brontern, in Greek architecture, brazen vessels placed under the floor of a theatre, with stones in them, to imitate thunder.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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