| 单词 | side-blown |
| 释义 | > as lemmasside-blown side-blown adj. (a) Music designating a flute or other wind instrument with the mouth aperture along the side, near the upper end; cf. end-blown adj. (b) at end n. Additions; (b) (of an egg) hollowed out by blowing through one of a pair of holes made in opposite sides (now rare). ΚΠ 1875 Archaeol. Jrnl. 32 433 In a search made some years ago at the request of an archaeological friend, I was unable to find any earlier example of the side-blown pipe than the one in the ‘Triumph of the Emperor Maximilian’. 1889 Science Nov. 342/2 I have forty varieties of birds' eggs, side blown, first class in sets, with full data. 1905 Country-side 1 July 130/2 Collections of Side-blown Birds' Eggs. 1984 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 July ii. 17/1 Many of those same composers were also writing for the side-blown German flute, which boasted an even greater range and a more refined tone. 2006 Guardian 13 Apr. i. 25/4 A siwa, or side-blown horn, carved from ivory in the 17th century by the coastal Swahili people. < as lemmas |
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