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cymbal

/sim-buhl/US // ˈsɪm bəl //UK // (ˈsɪmbəl) //

镲片,铙钹,钹,铃铛

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by being struck together, or singly, by being struck with a drumstick or the like.

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Examples

  • On the high end, cymbal hits are crisp and the soprano stylings of Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins sound great without being too sharp.

  • Only three drummers really speak to me in their cymbal work.

  • His neck is always craned, ears pricked, waiting for cymbal splash of Art happening.

  • Heart and conscious were alike cultivated—not alone the sounding brass and tinkling cymbal.

  • Conch and cymbal, horn and trumpet spake forth music soft and sweet, In Virata's royal palace, in the peopled mart and street!

  • That would certainly account for your bra—— Then, am I a cymbal too, Hilda?

  • Duchess in perspective though you be, you will own some day that these are but as a sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal.

  • That power is love, without which though we have all else we are but as "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal."