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A hurdy-gurdy is a musical instrument that you play by turning a handle. The handle turns a wooden wheel; the wheel rubs the strings the way a violin bow would, so the sound keeps going. With the other hand you press keys, and extra strings often hold a low steady note underneath. The voice is buzzy, a little nasal, a little mechanical. Folk musicians in parts of Europe still play it. The name is probably just copying that grinding, turning sound. An older word hirdy-girdy meant an uproar or a . English has had hurdy-gurdy from the 1740s. As an adjective it can mean that same cranky, singsong kind of noise. Though actually, English speakers often point at a street barrel organ — the box with a crank that plays a whole tune by itself — and call that a hurdy-gurdy. That is a mix-up. A hurdy-gurdy has strings and a wheel, and you still choose the notes. A barrel organ has or reeds and a pinned barrel.
輪擦提琴、手搖絃琴（不是街頭手搖風琴）
組成Probably named by copying the sound of the instrument. Compare an older word hirdy-girdy, which meant an uproar. Written down from the 1740s.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hurdy-gurdynoun/ˈhɜː.diˌɡɜː.di/
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entertainmentlifestylemusicA stringed instrument that produces a droning sound by turning a handle that connects to a wheel that rubs against a rosined string, with a keyboard also used to alter the pitch of the string.
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entertainmentlifestylemusicSynonym of street organ, often considered a misnomer.
- He flung open the door, and found there only a ragged boy with a hurdy-gurdy on his back.
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A water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
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fishinghobbieslifestyleA winch, a windlass.
- A pair of oars, a small mast and sail, pen boards to contain the fish, a bailer, a water jar, a bait knife, a compass, a small wooden winch called a hurdy gurdy, a fish gaff, and the tubs, trawls, floats, and anchors used to set gear was all that was required to equip it.
hurdy-gurdyadj/ˈhɜː.diˌɡɜː.di/
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Sounding like the Swedish language.
- “You mean when she read that God-awful poem in her hurdy-gurdy Swedish chef accent?
- Swedes are often said to sing while they speak. (Listen to Floyd, the Muppet’s Swedish chef, singing “Hurdy Gurdy” and you’ll understand this.)
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。