cymbal: [14] The notion underlying cymbal is of a ‘hollow vessel’. Greek kúmbē meant ‘cup, bowl’. From it was derived kúmbalon, which passed via Latin cymbalum into Old French as cimbal ‘metal plate struck to make a noise’. This did not survive much beyond the 10th century (although it may have given rise before its demise to chime), but the word was reborrowed via Old French symbale in the 14th century. => chime
cymbal (n.)
from Old English cimbal and from Old French cymbale (13c.), both from Latin cymbalum, from Greek kymbalon "a cymbal," from kymbe "bowl, drinking cup."
双语例句
1. The piece ends with a cymbal crash.
这支曲子以铙钹的撞击声结束.
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2. I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
我就会变成一件发出单调声响的铜管, 一只叮叮作响的铙钹而已.
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3. I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
那么我只是洪亮的锣或铿锵的钹.
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4. Two towering cymbal crashes end cataclysm in G minor.
