| 单词 | rebab |
| 释义 | rebab|rɪˈbæb|
Also rabab(a, rabap, rebaba, rubabah, etc.
[a. colloq. Arab. rebāb, classical Arab. rabāb in the same sense: cf. ribibe n.]
A plucked or bowed stringed instrument of Arabian origin, now in use in North Africa and the Middle East, and among the Islamic populations of the Indian sub-continent, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
1738[see oud]. 1802Jrnl. F. Horneman's Trav. iii. 72 The song of these Fezzan girls is Soudanic. Their musical instrument is called rhababe. 1836E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. v. 73 A curious kind of viol, called rabab, is much used by poor singers, as an accompaniment to the voice. 1856R. F. Burton Personal Narr. Pilgrimage to El-Medinah III. ii. 76 They have the one-stringed Rubabah, or guitar. 1925Blackw. Mag. Feb. 217/2 Zakka Khel the Subedar played cunningly, on the rebab, an instrument like a mandoline. 1929F. Stark Let. 22 Dec. (1974) i. 226 Mahmud..got his rebaba, played with the fingers and a bow on one string, and they [sc. Bedouin tribesmen in Iraq] showed us the four different modes of their music. 1937M. Covarrubias Island of Bali (1972) viii. 213 There are other instruments, such as..the two-string violin (rebab), which are used mainly as a lead for the melody. 1958O. Caroe Pathans xix. 309 There were performers who chanted to the rabap. 1960G. E. Evans Horse in Furrow xiii. 177 In Arabia the poet singer to the ‘rebab’ (lute with one string and a bow) is a recognised authority who dare not for his life deviate by a word from the known facts. 1967I. Diqs Bedouin Boyhood xi. 104 Long minutes later I heard some broken tunes sent up by the rababa. 1972M. Sheppard Taman Indera iii. 57 (caption) A [Malay] maker of musical instruments, working on a rebab. 1976Listener 17 June 784/2 A musician in eastern Afghanistan who played a rebab, a bowed string instrument he had made out of a biscuit tin and a broom handle. |
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