percussion

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Related topics: Music, Colours & sounds

per·cus·sion /pəˈkʌʃən $ pər-/ noun [uncountableU]

1 APMmusical instruments such as drums, bells etc which you play by hitting them 打击乐器

Tonight we have Paul Duke on percussion (=playing a percussion instrument).

今晚我们请到保罗·杜克先生负责打击乐。

a range of percussion instruments

一组打击乐器

→ brass(2), stringed instrument , wind instrument , woodwind

2. the percussion (section) the people in an orchestra or band who play musical instruments such as drums, bells etc 〔管弦乐团或乐队的〕打击乐器组

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the percussion (section)• As the Wolverines sashayed closer, the percussion concert of battle to the north became more insistent.• There was a crack, but no sepoy dropped dead; the percussion cap had fired but not the pistol.• But this time there was only a disappointing click; not even the percussion cap fired.• That released the firing pin, which in turn fired the percussion cap and triggered a chemical reaction that generated oxygen.• A constant clash and tinkle came from the kitchens across the courtyard, like the percussion section of an orchestra from hell.• And I just remember the percussion lineup, and the rhythm section.

3. CHIT/BUMP INTO formal the sound or effect of two things hitting each other with great force 〔两物猛烈相撞产生的〕撞击声；振动，震动

—percussionist noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

percussion• percussion instruments• Her Web site on the Internet contains a percussion master class.• He was a dynamic band leader and charismatic front man who sang and played saxophone, keyboard and percussion.• And somewhere along the way, a ghostly percussion band joined the crowd.• He is the principal member of his ensemble, the shifting ocean of percussion on which his instrumental group rides.• So we must warn that percussion can easily be overworked and become tiresome.• That released the firing pin, which in turn fired the percussion cap and triggered a chemical reaction that generated oxygen.• A constant clash and tinkle came from the kitchens across the courtyard, like the percussion section of an orchestra from hell.• Instead the class used percussion music to convey the clash between the two armies.

percussion instruments• His first distinctive works were for percussion instruments or pianos prepared with nuts and bolts inserted between the strings.• He bashed about on percussion instruments.

Origin percussion

(1500-1600) Latin percussio “act of hitting”, from percutere “to hit hard”

per·cus·sion noun

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