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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Castanets \Cas"ta*nets\, n. pl. [F. castagnettes, Sp.
   casta[~n]etas, fr. L. castanea (Sp. casta[~n]a) a chestnut.
   So named from the resemblance to two chestnuts, or because
   chestnuts were first used for castanets. See {Chestnut}.]
   Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like
   spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the
   middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an
   accompaniment to their dance and guitars.

   Note: The singular, castanet, is used of one of the pair, or,
         sometimes, of the pair forming the instrument.

               The dancer, holding a castanet in each hand,
               rattles then to the motion of his feet. --Moore
                                                  (Encyc. of
                                                  Music).

资料来源 : WordNet®

castanets
     n : a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow
         pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb
         and fingers) that are made to click together (as by
         Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance [syn: {bones},
         {clappers}, {finger cymbals}, {maraca}]