percussion
/pəˈkʌʃən/noun
mass noun
1
- musical instruments played by striking with the hand or with a hand-held or pedal-operated stick or beater, or by shaking, including drums, cymbals, xylophones, gongs, bells, and rattles打击乐器：
as modifier percussion instruments打击乐器
the percussion section.
打击乐器组。
2
- the striking of one solid object with or against another with some degree of force敲击, 叩击; 撞击：
the clattering percussion of objects striking the walls and the shutters.
物体敲击墙壁和百叶窗所发出的咔嗒声。
2.1
- Medicine the action of tapping a part of the body as part of a diagnosis【医】叩诊：
the chest sounded dull on percussion.
叩诊胸部时声音听起来有点闷。
派生词
percussionist
noun （义项1）percussive
adjectivepercussively
adverbpercussiveness
noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin percussio（n-）, from the verb percutere 'to strike forcibly' （see PERCUSS）.