| 单词 | instrumental |
| 释义 | instrumental adj. & n. --adj 1. (usu. foll. by to, in, or in + verbal noun) serving as an instrument or means (was instrumental in finding the money). 2. (of music) performed on instruments, without singing (cf. VOCAL). 3. of, or arising from, an instrument (instrumental error). 4. Gram. of or in the instrumental. --n 1. a piece of music performed by instruments, not by the voice. 2. Gram. the case of nouns and pronouns (and words in grammatical agreement with them) indicating a means or instrument. Derivatives instrumentalist n. instrumentality n. instrumentally adv. Etymology: ME f. F f. med.L instrumentalis (as INSTRUMENT) |
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