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vibraphone

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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vi·bra·phone /ˈvaɪbrəfəʊn $ -foʊn/ noun [countable] (also vibes [plural])  APMan electronic musical instrument that consists of metal bars that you hit with special sticks to produce a sound 颤音琴〔一种打击乐器〕
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vibraphoneNot a note seems superfluous in this essay for flute, clarinet in A, vibraphone, piano, violin and cello.Ralph Moore is on saxophones, Bobby Hutcherson great form on vibraphone.
Origin vibraphone (1900-2000) vibration + -phone
vi·bra·phone nounChineseSyllable
Corpus bars musical you that that metal of an instrument electronic consists


vibraphone
vibraphone /ˈvaɪbrəfəʊn $ -foʊn/ noun [countable] (also vibes [plural])
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: vibration + -phone
an electronic musical instrument that consists of metal bars that you hit with special sticks to produce a sound


vi·bra·phoneBrE /ˈvaɪbrəfəʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈvaɪbrəfoʊn/ 🔊 noun [countable] (also informal vibes [plural] ) a musical instrument used especially in jazz, that has two rows of metal bars that you hit, and a motor that makes them vibrate 颤音琴(常用于爵士乐)