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单词 accordion
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ac•cor•di•on /əˈkɔrdiən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Music and Dancea portable musical instrument with a keyboard and a pair of bellows for forcing air through small reeds.
ac•cor•di•on•ist, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ac•cor•di•on  (ə kôrdē ən),USA pronunciation n. [Music.]
  1. Music and DanceAlso called piano accordion. a portable wind instrument having a large bellows for forcing air through small metal reeds, a keyboard for the right hand, and buttons for sounding single bass notes or chords for the left hand.
  2. Music and Dancea similar instrument having single-note buttons instead of a keyboard.

adj. 
  1. having a fold or folds like the bellows of an accordion:accordion roof; accordion panel.

v.i. 
  1. (of a door, roof, or other covering) to open by folding back or pressing together in the manner of an accordion:The roof of the car accordions to let in sunlight and fresh air.
  2. to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of an accordion.

v.t. 
  1. to demolish by crushing together lengthwise:The impact accordioned the car beneath the truck.
  • French accord(er) or Italian accord(are) to harmonize (see accord) + French -ion -ion, as in German Orchestrion orchestrion
  • German, now spelling, spelled Akkordion, Akkordeon name under which the instrument was patented in Vienna in 1829; probably
  • 1831

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
accordion /əˈkɔːdɪən/ n
  1. a portable box-shaped instrument of the reed organ family, consisting of metallic reeds that are made to vibrate by air from a set of bellows controlled by the player's hands. Notes are produced by means of studlike keys
  2. short for piano accordion
Etymology: 19th Century: from German Akkordion,from Akkord harmony, chord

acˈcordionist n
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