piano

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ldoce_257_epi·an·o1 /piˈænəʊ $ -noʊ/ S3 noun (plural pianos) [countableC]

APMa large musical instrument that has a long row of black and white keys. You play the piano by sitting in front of it and pressing the keys 钢琴

Jean accompanied her on the piano.

琼为她钢琴伴奏。

a piano lesson/teacher etc

a wonderful piano player

出色的钢琴演奏者

→5 See picture of strings 琴弦, keys 琴键, piano stool 琴凳 ... →4 See picture of 见图 piano

n COLLOCATIONS

verbs

play the piano

Can you play the piano?

play something on the piano

We all sang while Mum played something on the piano.

learn the piano

He wanted his children to learn the piano.

practise the piano British EnglishBrE, practice the piano American EnglishAmE

I would practise the piano for three or four hours a day.

sit (down) at the piano

She sat down at the piano and began to play.

accompany somebody on the piano (=play the piano while someone sings or plays a different instrument)

Lisa sang while George accompanied her on the piano.

piano + NOUN

piano music

You can listen to live piano music while you dine.

a piano player

a piano teacher

a piano lesson

I started having piano lessons.

piano practice

Have you done your piano practice?

Examples from the Corpus

piano• It was just a man, a piano and some powerful lyrics.• The startling image of a piano encircled by a wedding ring exemplifies the notion of affinities developed by Magritte from the 1930s.• There's hundreds of variations you can come up with, but one thing that influenced me was learning piano in school.• So he played gently enough not to make the hammers of Stein's pianos bounce up and hit the strings again.• The Stick has got the same range as the piano and I can jump four octaves with one hand.• To learn Chopin, I had been listening for more than three years to the piano of Tamas Vasary.• And, in any case, who can afford two pianos?• There was an upright piano and a piano bench.

on the piano• A number of songs accompanied on the piano also added variety to the evening.• Chords which would sound thick and dull on the piano do not sound so on the harp.• He became fixated on the piano at age 4, after seeing one at a preschool.• They follow her hands on the piano, they listen intently, they move into the melody themselves.• Joining Arbuckle will be a local trio featuring Jeff Haskell on the piano.• She drove her daughter around the country, accompanying her on the piano.• The tea tray landed on the piano bench, and I set the empty Brown Betty pot teetering on the piano keys.• You will have your lesson, and you will practise on the piano for two hours.

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