melodeon

IPA/məˈləʊ.di.ən/
IPA/məˈloʊ.di.ən/

melodeon — noun

  • melodeonsingular
  • melodeonsplural

1. a small button accordion with bellows and a row or two of buttons rather than a

1.名詞C2
釋義

a small button accordion with bellows and a row or two of buttons rather than a piano keyboard, often heard in Irish, Cajun, and other folk-music traditions.

例句

Felipe carried his melodeon onto the pub stage and started a lively Irish jig.

collocation: play / carry / pick up the melodeon

The old fisherman taught Caleb to play the melodeon during long winter evenings.

teach / learn to play the melodeon

同義詞

文法句型

play the melodeon

a melodeon player

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 2: this is a portable bellows-and-buttons folk instrument used by performers, while sense 2 is a fixed indoor reed organ. Often appears alongside fiddle and tin whistle.

常見錯誤

❌Reema played a song on her piano melodeon.
✅Reema played a song on her melodeon.
💡a melodeon has buttons, not a piano keyboard; the modifier is wrong.
❌He blew into the melodeon to start the tune.
✅He pumped the melodeon to start the tune.
💡sound comes from the bellows, not from blowing.

2. a small 19th-century parlour organ whose notes come from metal reeds set vibrati

2.名詞C2
釋義

a small 19th-century parlour organ whose notes come from metal reeds set vibrating by air pulled inward through them by foot-pumped bellows.

例句

Tamar pumped the pedals of the old melodeon while her sister sang a slow hymn.

pump the pedals of a melodeon

A dusty melodeon stood in the corner of the farmhouse parlour for over a century.

the melodeon as parlour furniture

同義詞
  • reed organ

    broader category including the melodeon and the harmonium

  • American organ

    alternative period name for the same suction-bellows instrument

  • parlour organ

    informal term for a small home organ of this type

反義詞
  • harmonium

    looks similar but pushes air outward through its reeds rather than drawing it inward

文法句型

play the melodeon

pump a melodeon

用法筆記

Subject is usually a 19th-century parlour, schoolroom, or chapel; air is drawn inward by suction, which is what distinguishes the American melodeon from a European harmonium that pushes air outward. Often confused with sense 1 — that one has buttons and is portable.

常見錯誤

❌Mert tuned the strings of the melodeon.
✅Mert tuned the reeds of the melodeon.
💡a melodeon has metal reeds, not strings.
❌The church choir lifted the melodeon onto the bus.
✅The church choir wheeled the melodeon onto the bus.
💡a parlour melodeon is a piece of furniture, not handheld.