English Dictionary

barrel organ

名詞

A musical instrument in which air from a bellows is admitted to a set of pipes by means of pins inserted into a revolving barrel (typically turned by a crank), originating in France.

日本語の意味

樽を用いたオルガン型の自動演奏楽器。通常、クランクで回転する樽にピンが配置され、風箱から空気がパイプに導かれる仕組みの楽器。

On Sundays the old man wheeled his barrel organ to the square and filled the air with cheerful melodies.

日曜日になると、その老人は手回し式の機械パイプオルガン（回転する円筒に刺さったピンでパイプに空気を送る仕組み）を広場まで押して行き、陽気な旋律で辺りを満たした。

意味（1）

A musical instrument in which air from a bellows is admitted to a set of pipes by means of pins inserted into a revolving barrel (typically turned by a crank), originating in France.

Poor Mrs. Cranch was bulky, and, breathing asthmatically, had the additional motive for making her remarks unexceptionable and giving them a general bearing, that even her whispers were loud and liable to sudden bursts like those of a deranged barrel-organ.

barrel organs （ plural ）