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单词 celesta
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ce•les•ta  (sə lestə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Music and Dancea musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
  • French célesta, for céleste, literally, heavenly (see celestial); the -a for -e makes the name pseudo-Italian
  • 1895–1900

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
celesta /sɪˈlɛstə/, celeste /sɪˈlɛst/ n
  1. a keyboard percussion instrument consisting of a set of steel plates of graduated length that are struck with key-operated hammers. The tone is an ethereal tinkling sound. Range: four octaves upwards from middle C
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, Latinized variant of céleste heavenly
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