tambourine: [16] Tambourine is one of a small family of English words that go back ultimately to Persian tabīr ‘drum’. This found its way via Provençal tabor and Old French tabour into English as tabor ‘small drum’ [13]. The Persian word was adopted into Arabic, where it was swallowed up by the similar-sounding tambūr ‘lute’ – so that tambūr now meant ‘drum’. This was borrowed into Old French as tambour, and passed on to English as tambour [15]. Tambourine comes from a French diminutive form. => tabor
1782, in the modern sense of "parchment-covered hoop with pieces of metal attached;" earlier "a small drum" (1570s), from French tambourin "long narrow drum used in Provence," diminutive of tambour "drum," altered by influence of Arabic tunbur "lute," from Old French tabour (see tabor).
The sense evolutions present some difficulties, and in some 17c. and early 18c. references it is difficult to say what sort of instrument is intended. Earlier names for this type of instrument were tambour de basque (1680s), also timbre and timbrel. Tambour itself is attested in English from late 15c., and Shakespeare has tabourine.
双语例句
1. A stew without an onion is like a dance without a tambourine.
烧菜没有洋葱就像跳舞没有手鼓.
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2. Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me.
嘿! 鼓手坦布尔曼先生,请为我演唱一曲.
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3. Begin the music , strike the tambourine , play the melodious harp and lyre.
唱起诗歌,打手鼓, 弹美琴与瑟.
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4. Tambourine is an instrument consisting of a small drumhead with jingling disks.
小手鼓是一种由边缘嵌有能叮当作响的小金属片的小鼓面.
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5. Exciting Tambourine and Latin dance performance to heat up the night!
