单词 | post horn |
释义 | post horn in British Englishnoun a simple valveless natural horn consisting of a long tube of brass or copper, either straight or coiled; formerly often used to announce the arrival of a mailcoach post horn in American Englishnoun a straight or coiled copper or brass horn with no valves or slide, originally used to announce mail coaches Word origin [1665–75]This word is first recorded in the period 1665–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: background, diffraction, newsletter, recessive, waderImage of |
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