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单词 accordion
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Definition of accordion in English:

accordion

noun əˈkɔːdɪənəˈkɔrdiən
  • 1A musical instrument played by stretching and squeezing with the hands to work a central bellows that blows air over metal reeds, the melody and chords being sounded by buttons or keys.

    her five brothers and sisters were singing to the accompaniment of an accordion
    Compare with concertina
    as modifier an accordion player
    Example sentencesExamples
    • MEXICAN FOLK music blares from a boom box, the sounds of accordions filtering up the stairs.
    • By mixing unashamed rock with Mexican music and throwing in accordions and honking saxophones, Los Lobos create a sound that endures.
    • A peat fire burns all day and locals sometimes turn up with their bagpipes, accordions or mouth organs!
    • Paintings and precious ornaments line the walls, pictures painted by his parents: a pride of lions, a stormy ocean scene, swords, a family bible, two accordions and a cello.
    • Beautiful harmonies, including an ending Latin prayer, are bathed in a delicate blanket of accordions and Spanish guitars.
    • All of these involved musical accompaniment, with fiddles, harmonicas, and later accordions.
    • Electric guitars, souped up accordions and samples of bagpipe music, the instruments were the only electrifying aspect of the assault to the senses.
    • Watching the world go by as you sit on a French-style ‘terrace’, sipping your café au lait, under an endless blue sky - you can almost hear the sound of the accordions playing.
    • In the past, the band's predilection for exotic instrumentation would sometimes result in stray accordions or sleigh bells getting completely buried in an amorphous mash.
    • On some accordions separate banks of reeds with a variety of timbres may be brought into play by pressing tabs set above the manuals.
    • Next Thursday, the Sultans of Squeeze come to town with their collection of melodions, accordions and concertinas to perform music of all genres, from folk, to waltzes, to blues to rock ‘n’ roll.
    • In his early years he also sold a variety of articles like accordions, concertinas and mouth-organs, costume accessories and straw hat polish - anything indeed which would turn an honest penny.
    • Over in the Marist Hall that evening a recital will take place at 8pm and the instruments involved are accordions, concertina and guitars and traditional singing.
    • Saxophones, accordions, guitars, clarinets, double-bass, and percussion blend with an extensive electronic array of clicks, hiss, static, and sampled voices.
    • The most impressive moment is the vaudeville-esque outro, fleshed out with seemingly decaying accordions.
    • Stacked with pop aplenty, this album is fun and flighty, filled with accordions, trumpets, guitar, a sitar (sitars are cool!) and even a few MTV Unplugged performances.
    • I'm all sampling strings and accordions, almost to where it brings up visions of a pastoral French landscape.
    • We also want to bring in piano accordions into the band which at the moment is predominantly made up of button accordions.
    • This is usually very enjoyable with many good singers bringing along their guitars and accordions for a good session.
    • Although the band started out playing dishpans, accordions, and glockenspiel, they eventually settled on a more traditional sound.
    1. 1.1as modifier Folding like the bellows of an accordion.
      an accordion pleat
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Cardboard strips can also be curved, folded in accordion fashion, and coiled for a wide variety of effects.
      • A recent solo exhibition at Mixed Greens featured two drawings in accordion books.
      • It looked like it was a single car that had no hood and two trunks, with an accordion design in the middle.
      • To save these pieces he folded the paper accordion style, and from that came the idea of making even sized rectangles one under the other on each pleat.
      • She demonstrates the accordion binding of Hiddenness by opening the book to stand on its own as a kind of folding canvas.
      • Only the prototype for accordion garage doors, which form the entire facade on the south side, can be called a luxury item.
      • These accordion style doors have the advantages of no tracks to trip over or keep clean.
      • She was nervously folding the fabric of her shirt into accordion folds.
      • Use cloth napkins, fold them into accordion pleats and place them in the water glasses.
      • You might even want to throw in some fancier accordion pleats or other folds to make your shapes come to life.
      • The PV array blanket is folded in an accordion style before placement in a canister.
      • No children defying their parents and pulling things off the shelves and no scary women with accordion folders full of coupons.
      • A white sporting jacket with a thick, accordion collar over a brown sweater and a white sailing shirt.
      • Another format of Japanese books are accordion structures with a few variations.
      • Repeated a few times, it has an accordion effect and adds several minutes to the journey.
      • Purchase a plastic accordion folder and create tabs for each of the children you babysit.
      • For example, to keep her papers in order, would she work best with a binder or an accordion file?
      • Fold one side one inch back and continue in an accordion fashion until you have one strip of tissue about one inch across.

Derivatives

  • accordionist

  • noun əˈkɔːdɪənɪstəˈkɔrdiənəst
    • An accordionist himself, he finds something compelling about the song and begins to learn the stuff that is so (seemingly, at least) dissimilar from his native polkas.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To mark the occasion, talented local poet Eileen Sheehan will read from her first collection ‘Song of the Midnight Fox’ and music will be provided by accordionist Joe Crowley.
      • Fiddler Gerry Harrington and accordionist Eoghan O'Sullivan will bring their years of musical experience to bear on what promises to be a relaxed and very entertaining evening of traditional music.
      • Her dad, Michael, is a member of the New York Fire Department and a noted traditional accordionist, a past pupil of the brilliant Limerick musician, the late Martin Mulvihille.
      • One of the ace accordionists visiting the festival was New York-based John Nolan, seven times All-Ireland Champion.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German Akkordion, from Italian accordare 'to tune'.

Rhymes

Edwardian
 
 

Definition of accordion in US English:

accordion

nounəˈkɔrdiənəˈkôrdēən
  • 1A portable musical instrument with metal reeds blown by bellows, played by means of keys and buttons.

    as modifier an accordion player
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The most impressive moment is the vaudeville-esque outro, fleshed out with seemingly decaying accordions.
    • We also want to bring in piano accordions into the band which at the moment is predominantly made up of button accordions.
    • MEXICAN FOLK music blares from a boom box, the sounds of accordions filtering up the stairs.
    • On some accordions separate banks of reeds with a variety of timbres may be brought into play by pressing tabs set above the manuals.
    • A peat fire burns all day and locals sometimes turn up with their bagpipes, accordions or mouth organs!
    • Stacked with pop aplenty, this album is fun and flighty, filled with accordions, trumpets, guitar, a sitar (sitars are cool!) and even a few MTV Unplugged performances.
    • I'm all sampling strings and accordions, almost to where it brings up visions of a pastoral French landscape.
    • Beautiful harmonies, including an ending Latin prayer, are bathed in a delicate blanket of accordions and Spanish guitars.
    • Over in the Marist Hall that evening a recital will take place at 8pm and the instruments involved are accordions, concertina and guitars and traditional singing.
    • Paintings and precious ornaments line the walls, pictures painted by his parents: a pride of lions, a stormy ocean scene, swords, a family bible, two accordions and a cello.
    • By mixing unashamed rock with Mexican music and throwing in accordions and honking saxophones, Los Lobos create a sound that endures.
    • In the past, the band's predilection for exotic instrumentation would sometimes result in stray accordions or sleigh bells getting completely buried in an amorphous mash.
    • Saxophones, accordions, guitars, clarinets, double-bass, and percussion blend with an extensive electronic array of clicks, hiss, static, and sampled voices.
    • Watching the world go by as you sit on a French-style ‘terrace’, sipping your café au lait, under an endless blue sky - you can almost hear the sound of the accordions playing.
    • In his early years he also sold a variety of articles like accordions, concertinas and mouth-organs, costume accessories and straw hat polish - anything indeed which would turn an honest penny.
    • Although the band started out playing dishpans, accordions, and glockenspiel, they eventually settled on a more traditional sound.
    • All of these involved musical accompaniment, with fiddles, harmonicas, and later accordions.
    • Next Thursday, the Sultans of Squeeze come to town with their collection of melodions, accordions and concertinas to perform music of all genres, from folk, to waltzes, to blues to rock ‘n’ roll.
    • Electric guitars, souped up accordions and samples of bagpipe music, the instruments were the only electrifying aspect of the assault to the senses.
    • This is usually very enjoyable with many good singers bringing along their guitars and accordions for a good session.
    1. 1.1as modifier Folding like the bellows of an accordion.
      an accordion pleat
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She was nervously folding the fabric of her shirt into accordion folds.
      • The PV array blanket is folded in an accordion style before placement in a canister.
      • For example, to keep her papers in order, would she work best with a binder or an accordion file?
      • To save these pieces he folded the paper accordion style, and from that came the idea of making even sized rectangles one under the other on each pleat.
      • These accordion style doors have the advantages of no tracks to trip over or keep clean.
      • No children defying their parents and pulling things off the shelves and no scary women with accordion folders full of coupons.
      • A recent solo exhibition at Mixed Greens featured two drawings in accordion books.
      • Only the prototype for accordion garage doors, which form the entire facade on the south side, can be called a luxury item.
      • You might even want to throw in some fancier accordion pleats or other folds to make your shapes come to life.
      • Fold one side one inch back and continue in an accordion fashion until you have one strip of tissue about one inch across.
      • She demonstrates the accordion binding of Hiddenness by opening the book to stand on its own as a kind of folding canvas.
      • Another format of Japanese books are accordion structures with a few variations.
      • Cardboard strips can also be curved, folded in accordion fashion, and coiled for a wide variety of effects.
      • Repeated a few times, it has an accordion effect and adds several minutes to the journey.
      • Use cloth napkins, fold them into accordion pleats and place them in the water glasses.
      • It looked like it was a single car that had no hood and two trunks, with an accordion design in the middle.
      • A white sporting jacket with a thick, accordion collar over a brown sweater and a white sailing shirt.
      • Purchase a plastic accordion folder and create tabs for each of the children you babysit.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German Akkordion, from Italian accordare ‘to tune’.

 
 
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