单词 | carillon |
释义 | carillon /kar"euh lon', -leuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /keuh ril"yeuhn/, 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. [1765-75; < F: set of bells, OF car(e)ignon, quarregnon < VL *quadrinion-, re-formation of LL quaternion- QUATERNION; presumably orig. a set of four bells] |
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