barrel organ

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A barrel-organ was wheezing out an old tune.
一架手搖風琴正在呼哧呼哧地奏著一首古老的曲子。
《新英漢大辭典》
A barrel-organ was wheezing out an old tune.
一架手搖風琴正在呼哧呼哧地奏著一首古老的曲子。
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I said the operator's part in the business had been represented to me as something which can be done entirely without feeling - rather like turning the handle of a barrel-organ.
我說操作者一方的事業(yè)在我看來就好像某種必須在無知無覺的情況下完成的東西那樣——毋寧說像轉(zhuǎn)動風琴的手柄。

a large musical instrument that plays music when you turn a handle on the side. In the past, barrel organs were played outside to entertain people.

A barrel organ is a large machine that plays music when you turn the handle on the side. Barrel organs used to be played in the street to entertain people.