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play the tambourine
表示演奏某种乐器时，乐器前通常加 the。
She plays the tambourine in the band.
她在乐队里打小手鼓。
小手鼓
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
小手鼓
tambourine
She plays the tambourine in the band.
她在乐队里打小手鼓。
一种打击乐器,为单面蒙皮的小木框,框上缀有金属小响片,通常手持摇动；泛指任何框鼓。
A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
鼓鸠(Turtur tympanistria)。
A tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria).
一种普罗旺斯舞蹈。
A kind of Provençal dance.
该舞蹈的音乐。
The music for this dance.
She shook the tambourine in time with the music.
她随着音乐摇着小手鼓。
The children each got a tambourine and joined the parade.
孩子们每人拿到一面小手鼓，加入了游行队伍。
He plays the tambourine in a local folk band.
他在一支当地民间乐队里演奏小手鼓。
表示演奏某种乐器时，乐器前通常加 the。
She plays the tambourine in the band.
她在乐队里打小手鼓。
shake 强调摇动铃片，play 则泛指演奏。
He shook the tambourine to the beat.
他和着节拍摇动小手鼓。
表示声音时常用 the sound of + 乐器。
The sound of a tambourine filled the street.
小手鼓的声音回荡在街上。
用 on 表示演奏的乐器，强调动作发生的载体。
He played a fast rhythm on the tambourine.
他在小手鼓上敲出一段快节奏。
Not this
She can play tambourine.
Use this
She can play the tambourine.
英语中表示演奏乐器时，乐器名词前习惯用定冠词 the，如 play the tambourine；汉语没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉 the。
Not this
There are two tambourine on the shelf.
Use this
There are two tambourines on the shelf.
tambourine 是可数名词，在 two 等复数数字后要用复数形式 tambourines；汉语名词没有复数词尾，所以易漏加 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
打铃鼓
She plays the tambourine in a folk band.
她在民谣乐队中打铃鼓。
摇铃鼓
He shook the tambourine to add rhythm to the song.
他摇铃鼓为歌曲增添节奏。
铃鼓演奏者
The tambourine player kept the beat for the dancers.
铃鼓演奏者为舞者保持了节拍。
铃鼓的节拍
The tambourine beat could be heard above the guitar.
吉他声之上仍能听到铃鼓的节拍。
铃鼓伴奏
The singer added a gentle tambourine accompaniment.
歌手加了一段轻柔的铃鼓伴奏。
嘿！铃鼓先生，为我演奏一首歌吧。
In Bob Dylan's 'Mr. Tambourine Man,' the narrator begs a traveling tambourine player for a song.
在鲍勃·迪伦的《铃鼓先生》中，叙述者恳求一位流浪的小手鼓演奏者为他演奏一曲。
Use tambourine naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想'tam'像敲鼓的'咚'声，'bourine'像摇动时铃片'哗啦'响，一手敲一手摇的小手鼓。
语域：neutral 常见场景：音乐演奏、儿童音乐活动、音乐课堂 tambourine 是普通名词，通常用于日常对话，也常见于音乐、课堂等中性场景中。它不特别正式或随意，使用中性语气比较稳妥。
与 tambourine 押韵的词：machine, canteen, between, sardine（重读音节为 /iːn/）。注意：拼写以 -ine 结尾的词发音不一，engine 读 /ˈendʒɪn/，combine（动词）读 /kəmˈbaɪn/，不押韵。
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