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concertina

noun

🔊/ˌkɒnsəˈtiːnə/

🔊/ˌkɑːnsərˈtiːnə/

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a musical instrument like a small accordion that you hold in both hands. You press the ends together and pull them apart to produce sounds.六角手风琴
Topics Musicc2
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from concert + -ina.

concertina

verb

🔊/ˌkɒnsəˈtiːnə/

🔊/ˌkɑːnsərˈtiːnə/

[intransitive] (British English)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they concertina	🔊/ˌkɒnsəˈtiːnə/ 🔊/ˌkɑːnsərˈtiːnə/
he / she / it concertinas	🔊/ˌkɒnsəˈtiːnəz/ 🔊/ˌkɑːnsərˈtiːnəz/
past simple concertinaed	🔊/ˌkɒnsəˈtiːnəd/ 🔊/ˌkɑːnsərˈtiːnəd/
past participle concertinaed	🔊/ˌkɒnsəˈtiːnəd/ 🔊/ˌkɑːnsərˈtiːnəd/
-ing form concertinaing	🔊/ˌkɒnsəˈtiːnərɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌkɑːnsərˈtiːnəɪŋ/

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to fold up like a concertina（像六角手风琴一样）折起，折叠
- The truck crashed into the tree and concertinaed.货车撞在树上撞扁了。🔊🔊
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from concert + -ina.