| 释义 |
Definition of ventil in English: ventilnoun ˈvɛntɪl Music 1A valve in a wind instrument. Example sentencesExamples - This facility imitates the ventils and may be used to quickly change the timbre of the sound to imitate the performance on two manuals.
2A shutter for regulating the airflow in an organ. Example sentencesExamples - The treble and bass pipes chest ventils for a particular type of pipe voice are connected or coupled together.
- Langlais grimaced angrily, kicked open the ventils, leaned across as many keys as he could and almost blew the roof off.
- Changes in registration by means similar to those provided by the older ventils were still possible, however.
Origin Late 19th century: from German, from Italian ventile, from medieval Latin ventile 'sluice', from Latin ventus 'wind'. |