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発音

• IPA: /ˈsɪmbəl/, [ˈsɪmbɫ̩]
• 韻: -ɪmbəl
• Homophone: symbol

名詞

cymbal (plural cymbals)

1. (music) A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.
   • c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:

     The trumpets, sackbuts, psalteries and fifes,
     Tabours and cymbals and the shouting Romans,
     Make the sun dance.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 13::

     Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

   • 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, Act I, page 5:

     Trumpets and Drums shall fright her from the Throne,
     As sounding Cymbals aid the lab'ring Moon.

   • 1881–82, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, The Mystic Trumpeter":

     I see the Crusaders' tumultuous armies—hark, how the cymbals clang […]

下位語

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派生語

派生した語

• → Welsh: symbal m or f