| 单词 | concertina |
| 释义 | concertina —concertinist, n. /kon'seuhr tee"neuh/, n. , v. , concertinaed /-neuhd/, concertinaing /-neuh ing/, adj. n. 1. a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range. 2. See concertina wire. v.i. 3. to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of a concertina: The car concertinaed when it hit the truck. v.t. 4. to cause to fold or collapse in the manner of a concertina. adj. 5. of, pertaining to, or resembling a concertina: concertina pleats. [appar. coined by the original instrument's inventor, English instrument-maker Charles Wheatstone (1802-75), who patented it in 1829; cf. CONCERTINO, seraphina a similar instrument] |
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