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piano
钢琴
A large keyboard musical instrument played by pressing keys, which makes hammers strike strings to produce sound.
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A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings.
一种打击键盘乐器,通常有七个八度音阶,黑白键,通过按键使锤子敲击琴弦发声。
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a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
一种通过按键使锤子敲击调音弦并发出声音的键盘乐器
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(music) low loudness
(音乐)低音量
弱奏；弱音；一种打击键盘乐器,通常有七个八度音阶,黑白键,通过按键使锤子敲击琴弦发声。；一种通过按键使锤子敲击调音弦并发出声音的键盘乐器；(音乐)低音量
In use
She plays the piano beautifully.
There is a grand piano in the living room.
Learning to play the piano takes practice.
play the piano
乐器名词前通常加定冠词the。
She plays the piano beautifully.
她钢琴弹得很美。
piano + noun
钢琴用作定语时，无需冠词。
He bought a piano stool.
他买了一个钢琴凳。
at the piano
表示位置。
Who is that man at the piano?
钢琴旁的那个男人是谁？
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- play the piano
- 弹钢琴
- She started to play the piano at the age of five.她五岁开始弹钢琴。
- piano lesson
- 钢琴课
- I have a piano lesson every Wednesday afternoon.我每周三下午有钢琴课。
- piano teacher
- 钢琴老师
- His piano teacher is very strict but helpful.他的钢琴老师很严格但很有帮助。
- grand piano
- 三角钢琴
- The concert hall has a beautiful grand piano on stage.音乐厅的舞台上有一架漂亮的三角钢琴。
- upright piano
- 立式钢琴
- We have an upright piano in the living room.我们在客厅里有一架立式钢琴。
- piano music
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象钢琴(piano)的琴键像一排牙齿，敲击时发出美妙声音。
Context & Register
中性词，通常指钢琴这种乐器，适用于日常对话、音乐相关语境等。
Grammar Note
注意：钢琴作为乐器是可数名词，复数形式为pianos。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in '-ano' with stress on the penultimate syllable, such as soprano /səˈprænoʊ/, rhyme with piano. Note that volcano (/vɑlˈkeɪnoʊ/) shares spelling but has a different vowel sound (keɪ vs æ). Banana (/bəˈnænə/) has a different stress pattern and ending (/nə/ instead of /noʊ/).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.