cymbal: [14] The notion underlying cymbal is of a ‘hollow vessel’. Greek kúmbē meant ‘cup, bowl’. From it was derived kúmbalon, which passed via Latin cymbalum into Old French as cimbal ‘metal plate struck to make a noise’. This did not survive much beyond the 10th century (although it may have given rise before its demise to chime), but the word was reborrowed via Old French symbale in the 14th century. => chime
cymbal (n.)
from Old English cimbal and from Old French cymbale (13c.), both from Latin cymbalum, from Greek kymbalon "a cymbal," from kymbe "bowl, drinking cup."
雙語例句
1. The piece ends with a cymbal crash.
這支曲子以鐃鈸的撞擊聲結(jié)束.
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2. I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
我就會(huì)變成一件發(fā)出單調(diào)聲響的銅管, 一只叮叮作響的鐃鈸而已.
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3. I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
那么我只是洪亮的鑼或鏗鏘的鈸.
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4. Two towering cymbal crashes end cataclysm in G minor.