accordion
手风琴,风琴
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Music.
- : Also called piano accordion. a portable wind instrument having a large bellows for forcing air through small metal reeds, a keyboard for the right hand, and buttons for sounding single bass notes or chords for the left hand.
- : a similar instrument having single-note buttons instead of a keyboard.
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- : having a fold or folds like the bellows of an accordion: accordion roof; accordion panel.
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- : to open by folding back or pressing together in the manner of an accordion: The roof of the car accordions to let in sunlight and fresh air.
- : to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of an accordion.
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- : to demolish by crushing together lengthwise: The impact accordioned the car beneath the truck.
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The movie’s accordion-heavy theme song pipes through the lines, where it’s forever twilight.
His band, the Combo Show, wore casual tropical shirts, danced alongside him onstage, and featured conga drums, saxophones and keyboards as well as the traditional accordion, güira and tambora.
They were joined by an accordion player who could pass for a bearded hipster from Brooklyn.
It shows in everything they produce, starting with slices of moist, accordion-pull brisket that hit all the marks.
A brief history of court packingIn the Civil War era, the court expanded and shrank like an accordion.
Some operate like bellows, creating an accordion-like sound as they aspirate.
He had skinny legs and bloated ribs fanning from his torso like an accordion strapped to his chest.
The questions presented by the lower folds in the accordion are economic and social.
We live in an accordion economy, as I'm not the first to say.
A straight-faced clown in severe white makeup begins picking out a tune on an accordion as more people trickle in to watch.
A sailor, who had brought an accordion with him, was playing "While the North Sea roars," and other popular airs.