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木琴

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

Xylophone \Xy"lo*phone\, n. [Xylo- + Gr. fwnh` sound.]
   1. (Mus.) An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and
      Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass
      graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts
      of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in
      Germany {strohfiedel}, or {straw fiddle}.

   2. An instrument to determine the vibrative properties of
      different kinds of wood. --Knight.

资料来源 : WordNet®

xylophone
     n : a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a
         chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small
         mallets [syn: {marimba}]