Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Xylophone \Xy"lo*phone\, n. [Xylo- + Gr. fwnh` sound.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Mus.) Originally, 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; now any similar musical instrument composed
of a series of bars of graduated length. Called in Germany
{strohfiedel}, or {straw fiddle}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. An instrument to determine the vibrative properties of
different kinds of wood. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
xylophone
n 1: a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a
chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small
mallets [syn: {marimba}, {xylophone}]
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
xylophone /ksilɔfɔn/
xylophone
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Xylophone /ksyːloːfoːnə/
xylophones
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
