concertina
琴键,琴弦,琴行,琴键式
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Definitions
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- : a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- : concertina wire.
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con·cer·ti·naed [kon-ser-tee-nuhd], /ˌkɒn sərˈti nəd/, con·cer·ti·na·ing [kon-ser-tee-nuh-ing]. /ˌkɒn sərˈti nə ɪŋ/.
- : to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of a concertina: The car concertinaed when it hit the truck.
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con·cer·ti·naed [kon-ser-tee-nuhd], /ˌkɒn sərˈti nəd/, con·cer·ti·na·ing [kon-ser-tee-nuh-ing]. /ˌkɒn sərˈti nə ɪŋ/.
- : to cause to fold or collapse in the manner of a concertina.
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- : of, relating to, or resembling a concertina: concertina pleats.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
When faced with smaller smooth branches or poles, snakes typically climb them using a form of movement called concertina locomotion.
Only the depressingly high concertina-wired fence with watchtowers is a reminder of the dangers of female education here.
At a meeting of prominent Zabul women, she casually mentioned that her office needed a higher fence and concertina wire.
There is concertina barbed wire going up on parts of the border between Bangladesh and India.
The music of a concertina rose and fell, like the sighing of some disillusioned spirit.
One night five musicians relieved each other at the task of playing the tune on a concertina outside his door.
Because It only needs to be carefully sat on to make an excellent and noiseless substitute for the concertina.
The bonnet that covered the engine, crinkled up like a concertina; but the car held the track.
He could hear Bob playing: "Way down upon de Suwannee ribber" on his concertina, and it made him nice and sad.