英语词汇xylophone的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	xylophone
词源	xylophone. Xylophone, the word first recorded in 1866, is composed of the Greek xylo, “wooden,” plus phone, “voice or sound,” the “wood,” of course, referring to its flat wooden bars, which are played by a small mallet. When tubular reso- nators are attached to these bars the instrument is called a marimba.
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