单词 | steam organ |
例句 | I don’t know if steam organs are still a thing, but if they’ve been retired then I have the perfect replacement: the Floppotron — a mammoth “PC hardware orchestra” that plays music using only electric motors. This PC orchestra, built from 512 floppy disk drives, is wondrous to hear and behold 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z To achieve the trippy circus-organ sounds on “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite,” Mr. Martin assembled a collection of recordings of old Victorian steam organs. Beatles record producer George Martin dies at 90 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Outside, the air was jocund with the incessant sounds of singing, calling, penny trumpets, the steam organs of the distant roundabouts, and all the bustle of the holiday. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z We could see the roundabouts, the swings, and so forth, with great clearness, and even, as the wind freshened, catch a faint buzzing noise from the steam organs. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z When the steam organ was in full blast and the horses were flying round at a merry pace, Mrs. Saumarez bent over Jim Bates and placed half a sovereign in his hand. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z Who knows, in 50 years’ time, maybe one of Floppotron’s heirs will be entertaining small children at a fair the way steam organs fascinated me. This PC orchestra, built from 512 floppy disk drives, is wondrous to hear and behold 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z As a rule they have steam organs to furnish the "music" and the blare of these can be heard for miles across the level plains. Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders "I guess so—I Bob Guess so!" he added, making a joke on the name of the strange lad who had worked the steam organ of the merry-go-round. The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair Associated words: light-fingered, booty, spoil, plunder, loot, swag, spoils, predatory, fence, kleptomania. stealthy, a. clandestine, sly, secret, furtive, skulking, underhand. steam, n. vapor, reek, fume, emanation, effluvium, exhalation, stufa. steam organ. calliope. steel, n. Putnam's Word Book In all directions flew flags and bunting, while the sharp reports of the shooting-gallery rifles were audible above the blare of the roundabouts' steam organs. The Four Faces A Mystery In the square outside the house booths were set up, rifles cracked at the miniature ranges, merry-go-rounds creaked and grunted, and hideous steam organs roared from morning till night. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House There was also promenading, and the steam organ attached to a small roundabout filled the air with a pungent flavour of oil and with equally pungent music. The Invisible Man |
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