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单词 carillon
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
car•il•lon /ˈkærəˌlɑn, -lən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Music and Dancea set of bells hung in a tower and rung by hand, pedal action, or machinery.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
car•il•lon  (kar′ə lon′, -lən or, esp. Brit., kə ril′yən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a set of stationary bells hung in a tower and sounded by manual or pedal action, or by machinery.
  2. a set of horizontal metal plates, struck by hammers, used in the modern orchestra.
  • Vulgar Latin *quadriniōn-, re-formation of Late Latin quaterniōn- quaternion; presumably origin, originally a set of four bells
  • French: set of bells, Old French car(e)ignon, quarregnon
  • 1765–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
carillon /kəˈrɪljən/ n
  1. a set of bells usually hung in a tower and played either by keys and pedals or mechanically
  2. a tune played on such bells
  3. an organ stop giving the effect of a bell
Etymology: 18th Century: from French: set of bells, from Old French quarregnon, ultimately from Latin quattuor four
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