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单词 guiro
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Definition of guiro in English:

guiro

nounPlural guiros ˈɡwɪərəʊˈɡwi(ə)ˌrō
  • A musical instrument with a serrated surface which gives a rasping sound when scraped with a stick, originally made from a gourd and used in Latin American music.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It then simmers down into a spacy section featuring the gongs before the other instruments rejoin with a guiro for the climax.
    • Larger bands have trumpets and strings as well as extensive percussion sections in which maracas, guiros, and bongos are primary instruments.
    • It seemed that every bar, no matter how tiny, had wedged a trio of musicians into a corner - one singing, one playing guitar and another scratching out a raspy beat on the guiro, a hollow gourd played with a stick.
    • Out of the dry, prolonged scraping of six guiros, a stomping ‘Red and black dance’ emerges, and as it crumbles and reconstitutes itself it picks up enormous momentum.
    • Then there were one or two battered tambourines for those of us who might later on in life decide to join the Salvation Army, and there was a guiro too (very Latin!).
    • However, the entrance of a clear cumbia rhythmic pattern played by the guiro, as well as a new rhythmic emphasis provided by the congas in measure 9, reverses our rhythmic interpretation of the introductory passage.
    • Chilean-born Marco Claveria (vocals, tres, guiro, acoustic guitar) was introduced into the mix, then trombonist J.C. Jones was replaced with the duelling brass of Jim and Craig Brenan.
    • At this moment, the loudspeakers fill the club with the distinctly raw and powerful tuba, guiro, and tarola (snare drum) sounds of Bostich's hit ‘Polaris.’

Origin

Spanish, 'gourd'.

 
 

Definition of guiro in US English:

guiro

nounˈɡwi(ə)ˌrō
  • A musical instrument with a serrated surface that gives a rasping sound when scraped with a stick, originally made from an elongated gourd and used in Latin American music.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At this moment, the loudspeakers fill the club with the distinctly raw and powerful tuba, guiro, and tarola (snare drum) sounds of Bostich's hit ‘Polaris.’
    • It seemed that every bar, no matter how tiny, had wedged a trio of musicians into a corner - one singing, one playing guitar and another scratching out a raspy beat on the guiro, a hollow gourd played with a stick.
    • Chilean-born Marco Claveria (vocals, tres, guiro, acoustic guitar) was introduced into the mix, then trombonist J.C. Jones was replaced with the duelling brass of Jim and Craig Brenan.
    • Then there were one or two battered tambourines for those of us who might later on in life decide to join the Salvation Army, and there was a guiro too (very Latin!).
    • It then simmers down into a spacy section featuring the gongs before the other instruments rejoin with a guiro for the climax.
    • Larger bands have trumpets and strings as well as extensive percussion sections in which maracas, guiros, and bongos are primary instruments.
    • Out of the dry, prolonged scraping of six guiros, a stomping ‘Red and black dance’ emerges, and as it crumbles and reconstitutes itself it picks up enormous momentum.
    • However, the entrance of a clear cumbia rhythmic pattern played by the guiro, as well as a new rhythmic emphasis provided by the congas in measure 9, reverses our rhythmic interpretation of the introductory passage.

Origin

Spanish, ‘gourd’.

 
 
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