单词 | woodwind |
释义 | woodwind (once / 29329 pages) n WORD FAMILY woodwind: woodwinds USAGE EXAMPLESEven the inner movements seemed reluctant to provide gentle contrast, however much space the conductor gave his principal woodwinds, lovely as ever. New York Times(Nov 20, 2016) Le Carré’s natural voice has a dark woodwind timbre, and in mood ranges from amiable to indignant to melancholic. Washington Post(Nov 16, 2016) Shoppers crowded past the goods, serenaded by a woodwind busker. Washington Times(Nov 11, 2016) n any wind instrument other than the brass instruments Syn|Hypo|Hyper wood, woodwind instrument beating-reed instrument, reed, reed instrument a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed flute, transverse flutea high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown double reed, double-reed instrumenta woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together fifea small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band free-reeda reed that does not fit closely over the aperture nose flutea flute that is played by blowing through the nostrils (used in some Asian countries) piccoloa small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwinda beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone) wind, wind instrument a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath |
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