"calliope" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 卡利俄佩风琴

Definition

卡利俄佩风琴是一种用蒸汽或压缩空气制造响亮、欢快声音的乐器，常见于马戏团或蒸汽船。也可以指希腊史诗女神卡利俄佩。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

现代多指马戏团或老式蒸汽船上的蒸汽风琴，声音很大、明快。极少数情况下可指希腊神话中的缪斯女神卡利俄佩。日常生活中较为罕见，常见于文学或影视作品。

Examples

The circus used a calliope to play music during the parade.

马戏团用**卡利俄佩风琴**在游行中演奏音乐。

A calliope has pipes that make loud sounds when air passes through them.

**卡利俄佩风琴**有许多管子，气流通过时会发出响亮的声音。

The old riverboat still has its original calliope.

那艘老旧的蒸汽船仍然保留着它原来的**卡利俄佩风琴**。

You could hear the cheerful notes of the calliope from blocks away.

你隔好几条街都能听到**卡利俄佩风琴**的欢乐音符。

At the festival, the sound of the calliope brought back childhood memories.

在节日上，**卡利俄佩风琴**的声音勾起了童年的回忆。

I had no idea what a calliope was until I saw one at the circus last summer.

去年夏天在马戏团见到**卡利俄佩风琴**前，我根本不知道那是什么。