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tambour

/tam-boor, tam-boor/US // ˈtæm bʊər, tæmˈbʊər //UK // (ˈtæmbʊə) //

捣蛋鬼,铃铛,绷带,铃木

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Music. a drum.
    • : a drum player.
    • : Also called tabaret. a circular frame consisting of two hoops, one fitting within the other, in which cloth is stretched for embroidering.
    • : embroidery done on such a frame.
    • : Furniture. a flexible shutter used as a desk top or in place of a door, composed of a number of closely set wood strips attached to a piece of cloth, the whole sliding in grooves along the sides or at the top and bottom.
    • : Architecture. drum.
    • : Court Tennis. a sloping buttress opposite the penthouse, on the hazard side of the court.
  1. 1
    • : to embroider on a tambour.

Examples

  • All American Indians are poor in musical instruments, the principal of which, and the heel inspiring one, is the drum or tambour.

  • It belongs as much to our art as does tambour work, which is done with a hook instead of a needle.

  • Chain and Tambour Stitch are in effect practically the same, and present the same rather granular surface.

  • According to Darmstetter the word ‘timbre’ is own brother to ‘tambour,’ both being derived from a low Latin form of tympanum.

  • She set up a great tambour frame in her room, and began to work on an enormous piece of fine needlework.