musical instruments played by striking with the hand or with a hand-held or pedal-operated stick or beater, or by shaking, including drums, cymbals, xylophones, gongs, bells, and rattles[as modifier] 打击乐器 percussion instruments. 打击乐器。 the percussion section. 打击乐器组。
the striking of one solid object with or against another with some degree of force 敲击,叩击;撞击 the clattering percussion of objects striking the walls and the shutters. 物体敲击墙壁和百叶窗所发出的咔嗒声。 ■(Medicine)the action of tapping a part of the body as part of a diagnosis (医)叩诊 the chest sounded dull on percussion. 叩诊胸部时声音听起来有点闷。
派生 percussionist noun
(in sense 1) (义项1)
percussive adjective percussiveness noun 语源
late Middle English: from Latin percussio(n-), from the verb percutere 'to strike forcibly' (see percuss)