tambourine

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tam·bou·rine /ˌtæmbəˈriːn/ noun [countable]   APMa circular musical instrument consisting of a frame covered with skin or plastic and small pieces of metal that hang around the edge. You shake it or hit it with your hand. 铃鼓 →4  See picture of 见图 DRUM 1

Examples from the Corpus

tambourine• Some one was beating what sounded like a tambourine, and, high above all this, Robert thought he heard a flute.• Directly in front of him were two wind-up monkeys, one with a tambourine and the other with a drum.• A church's liveliness should not be judged by the singing, dancing or tambourine playing.• The boys, the drums, the tambourines, the highway disappeared.• Yes, the monitors, the bass player, the tambourine - the lot.• Percy can play anything from the triangle to the tambourine.• It starts lean and mean, just a slash of overdriven guitar with tambourine keeping time.• Praise him with tambourines and dancing, Praise him with flute and strings.Origin tambourine (1500-1600) Old French tambourin, from tambour “drum”, from Arabic tanbur

tam·bou·rine nounChineseSyllable  

of a consisting Corpus musical circular covered frame a instrument

tambourine
tam‧bou‧rine /ˌtæmbəˈriːn/ noun [countable]
  a circular musical instrument consisting of a frame covered with skin or plastic and small pieces of metal that hang around the edge. You shake it or hit it with your hand.

tam·bour·ineBrE /ˌtæmbəˈriːn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌtæmbəˈriːn/ 🔊 noun

a musical instrument that has a round wooden frame, sometimes covered with plastic or skin, with metal discs around the edge. To play it you shake it or hit it with your hand. 铃鼓（蒙有塑料或皮面，鼓帮装有金属圆片，摇动或用手击打发声）