diabolo

/dee-ab-uh-loh/US // diˈæb əˌloʊ //UK // (dɪˈæbəˌləʊ) //

拨浪鼓,扯铃,抖空竹,抖音

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural di·ab·o·los for 2.
- : a game in which a toplike object is spun, thrown, and caught by or balanced on and whirled along a string the ends of which are fastened to the ends of two sticks that are manipulated by hand.
- : the top used in this game.

Cui ille, ‘Nec mirum, quia de diabolo venerunt, et ad diabolum ibunt.’
I saw her watch me playing Diabolo, and I know she thinks I do it well.
All things and all thoughts come back in this play like the top spun by a skilful player of diabolo.
Segovia still carries on her shield this "Puente del diabolo," with the head of a Roman peering above it.
The Italians themselves observed the effect and summed it up in their proverb, Inglese italianato un diabolo incarnato.