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词汇 rommelpot
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Definition of rommelpot in English:

rommelpot

noun ˈrɒmlpɒt
  • 1A type of drum used by the Khoekhoe people in southern Africa, made from a hollow vessel over one end of which a piece of skin is stretched. Also called bambus, khais. Now chiefly historical.

  • 2In the Netherlands: a type of drum traditionally consisting of an earthenware pot covered at the top by a bladder pierced by a stick that is pushed up and down or rotated.

Origin

Late 18th century; earliest use found in Elizabeth Helme (d. 1816). From South African Dutch, Dutch rommelpot from rommelen + pot. The drum is so called on account of the rumbling noise that it produces.

Definition of rommelpot in US English:

rommelpot

nounˈrɒmlpɒt
  • 1A type of drum used by the Khoekhoe people in southern Africa, made from a hollow vessel over one end of which a piece of skin is stretched. Also called bambus, khais. Now chiefly historical.

  • 2In the Netherlands: a type of drum traditionally consisting of an earthenware pot covered at the top by a bladder pierced by a stick that is pushed up and down or rotated.

Origin

Late 18th century; earliest use found in Elizabeth Helme (d. 1816). From South African Dutch, Dutch rommelpot from rommelen + pot. The drum is so called on account of the rumbling noise that it produces.

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