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castanets n. 响板,(用硬木或象牙制成的 响板,(用硬木或象牙制成的 castanets n 1: a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone ( usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together ( as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance [ synonym: { bones}, { castanets}, { clappers}, { finger cymbals}] Castanets \ Cas" ta* nets\, n. pl. [ F. castagnettes, Sp. casta[~ n] etas, fr. L. castanea ( Sp. casta[~ n] a) a chestnut. So named from the resemblance to two chestnuts, or because chestnuts were first used for castanets. See { Chestnut}.] Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The singular, castanet, is used of one of the pair, or, sometimes, of the pair forming the instrument. [ 1913 Webster] The dancer, holding a castanet in each hand, rattles them to the motion of his feet. -- Moore ( Encyc. of Music). [ 1913 Webster] 36 Moby Thesaurus words for " castanets": battery, bells, bones, celesta, chime, chimes, clappers, crash cymbal, cymbals, finger cymbals, gamelan, glockenspiel, gong, handbells, idiophone, lyra, maraca, marimba, metallophone, orchestral bells, percussion, percussion instrument, percussions, percussive, rattle, rattlebones, sizzler, snappers, tam- tam, tintinnabula, tonitruone, triangle, tubular bells, vibes, vibraphone, xylophone
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