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percussion

noun
🔊/pəˈkʌʃn/
🔊/pərˈkʌʃn/
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  1. [uncountable] musical instruments that you play by hitting them with your hand or with a stick, for example drums打击乐器；敲击乐器
    • percussion instruments打击乐器
    • on percussion The track features Joey Langton on percussion.唱片的这段乐曲的打击乐部分是由乔伊 · 兰顿演奏的。🔊🔊
    Topics Musicc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • tuned
    • untuned
    • live
    • …
    percussion + noun
    • instrument
    • player
    • section
    • …
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  2. the percussion
     [singular]
    (also percussion section [countable])
    the players of percussion instruments in an orchestra （管弦乐团的）打击乐器组compare brass, string, woodwind
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • tuned
    • untuned
    • live
    • …
    percussion + noun
    • instrument
    • player
    • section
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin percussio(n-), from the verb percutere ‘to strike forcibly’, from per- ‘through’ + quatere ‘to shake, strike’.