castanets

Related topics: Music

cas·ta·nets /ˌkæstəˈnets/ noun [plural]

APMa musical instrument made of two small round pieces of wood or plastic that you hold in one hand and knock together, used especially by Spanish dancers 响板〔一种乐器〕

Examples from the Corpus

castanets• The jacaranda pods were too stiff to act as castanets.• I clattered down the street-my heels noisy as castanets on the kerb-through to the market.• Fine, dry nights were accompanied by the sound of wild pea pods clacking like castanets.• With the tip of her painted fingernail, the dancer salesgirl showed the miniature castanets the doll was holding.• If I'd had some castanets I'd have clicked them in his face.• While drinking our essential morning tea and coffee we were lost in a sea of women in traditional dress with castanets.

单词	castanets
释义	castanets Related topics: Music cas·ta·nets /ˌkæstəˈnets/ noun [plural] APMa musical instrument made of two small round pieces of wood or plastic that you hold in one hand and knock together, used especially by Spanish dancers 响板〔一种乐器〕 Examples from the Corpus castanets• The jacaranda pods were too stiff to act as castanets.• I clattered down the street-my heels noisy as castanets on the kerb-through to the market.• Fine, dry nights were accompanied by the sound of wild pea pods clacking like castanets.• With the tip of her painted fingernail, the dancer salesgirl showed the miniature castanets the doll was holding.• If I'd had some castanets I'd have clicked them in his face.• While drinking our essential morning tea and coffee we were lost in a sea of women in traditional dress with castanets.
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