单词 | vuvuzela |
释义 | vuvuzelan. Originally South African. A long plastic horn that produces a loud single note when blown, and is often used by fans at football matches.The use of the vuvuzela became particularly associated with the Association Football World Cup of 2010, which was held in South Africa. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > brass instruments > [noun] > trumpet > types of lilting-hornc1384 claranerc1410 clarinec1440 trumpet1440 sordine1591 sordine trumpet1616 clarion1621 alchemy1667 sourdinea1678 jubil-trumpet1715 lituus1776 sea-trumpet1776 penny trumpet1783 salpinx1865 principal1876 valve trumpet1877 tuba1882 kakaki1932 zugtrompete1978 vuvuzela2003 2003 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 5 Oct. 30/4 Who doesn't love our affable minister of sports, Ngconde Balfour? At the Bid Book banquet last week, Balfour, excited as ever, pranced around like a little kid, nearly damaging everyone's eardrums when he blew his vuvuzela (horn). 2010 FourFourTwo June 63/1 Are you ready for the noise that is going to be created by the vuvuzelas? 2020 Sunday Mercury (Birmingham) (Nexis) 17 May 34 The image that lingers longest in the memory is of him dancing around the pitch playing a vuvuzela and wearing a blue and white jester's hat. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.2003 |
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