| 单词 |
Steinway |
| 释义 |
Steinway|ˈstaɪnweɪ|
The name of Henry Engelhard Steinway (1797–1871), celebrated German piano-builder, used attrib. or absol. to designate a piano manufactured by him or by the firm which he founded in New York in 1853.
1875T. Yelverton Teresina in Amer. ii. 181 In the latter there was one of the best pianos (a Steinway) that I touched in America, where good pianos are by no means rare. 1889G. B. Shaw in Star 13 July 4/4 She was presented with a Steinway Grand. 1905A. Bennett Sacred & Profane Love iii. v. 260 The piano, a Steinway in a hundred Steinways. 1933E. Wharton Human Nature 172, I always knew fashionable people could barely distinguish a barrel-organ from a Steinway. 1965J. M. Cain Magician's Wife (1966) ii. 18 At one end of the room was a Steinway baby grand. 1977New Yorker 19 Sept. 64/2, I pictured a sea of Steinways to choose from in Juillard's basement. 1981J. Johnston Christmas Tree 130 There was a piano, a beautiful Steinway concert grand... The only reality was the room with the Steinway. |
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