单词 | horn-blower |
释义 | > as lemmashorn-blower horn-blower n. (a) a person who blows or plays a horn; also in extended use; (b) (U.S.) a horn-worm. ΚΠ c725 Corpus Gloss. 454 Cereacus, horn blauuere. 1483 Cath. Angl. 188/2 An Horne blawer, cornicen. 1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Oct. 510 The horn-blowers of arbitrary power in England. 1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 320 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VI The greater portion of the first glut reappear the same year as Horn-blowers and breed myriads. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。