pianola

[piə'nəulə]
  • n. 自动钢琴(等于player piano);轻而易举的事;一手能轻易赢的牌

中文词源


Pianola 皮阿诺卡自动钢琴

商标品,来自piano,钢琴,-ola,小词后缀。后随着该钢琴的流行,由该词衍生后缀-ola,表商品。

英文词源


pianola (n.)
c. 1896, trademark name (1901) of a player piano, from piano, the ending perhaps abstracted from viola and meant as a diminutive suffix. The pianola's popularity led to a rash of product names ending in -ola, especially Victrola (q.v.), and slang words such as payola.

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