单词 | ocarina |
释义 | ocarina —ocarinist, n. /ok'euh ree"neuh/, n. a simple musical wind instrument shaped somewhat like an elongated egg with a mouthpiece and finger holes. Also called sweet potato. [ < It, orig. dial. (Emilia), dim. of oca goose ( < LL auca, contr. of *avica, deriv. of L avis bird), so called from the instrument's shape; appar. the name given to it by Giuseppe Donati of Budrio, near Bologna, who popularized a ceramic version c1860] |
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