| 单词 | reed |
| 释义 | reed (once / 942 pages) 1n 2n A reed is a woody plant with long, slender leaves. Reeds need a lot of moisture, and they usually grow in or near a marsh. The stalk of a reed plant is also called a reed, and it's from this stiff, wood-like material that reeds for certain musical instruments were first made. Many reed instruments, including the clarinet, still use reeds made from reed — specifically, a bamboo-like reed that is native to marshy Mediterranean areas. When a musician blows across her mouthpiece, the reed vibrates to make the sound. WORD FAMILYreed: reedlike, reeds, reedy+/reedy: reedier, reedily USAGE EXAMPLESSit back on my raft of reeds, I float past fields and towns. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) A strong smell hangs in the air - a swam of flies buzzes off dead goats in a kraal, or compound, fenced with papyrus reeds. BBC(Dec 02, 2016) A few minutes later, Colbert clung to a slender reed of hope by declaring the election still too close to call. Seattle Times(Nov 08, 2016) 1 n tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites 2Hypo|Hyper Arundo conspicua, Chionochloa conspicua, toetoe, toitoi used by Maoris for thatching Arundo donax, giant reedlarge rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery panicles Phragmites communis, carrizo, common reed, ditch reedtall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts graminaceous plant, gramineous plant cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves 1n a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed Syn|Hypo|Hyper beating-reed instrument, reed instrument double reed, double-reed instrument a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together free-reeda reed that does not fit closely over the aperture single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwinda beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone) bassoona double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family clarineta single-reed instrument with a straight tube English horn, cor anglaisa double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch hornpipe, pibgorn, stockhornan ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone cromorne, crumhorn, krummhorna Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn) hautbois, hautboy, oboea slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece sax, saxophonea single-reed woodwind with a conical bore wood, woodwind, woodwind instrument any wind instrument other than the brass instruments 2n a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece Syn|Hypo|Hyper vibrating reed double reed a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds vibrator a mechanical device that vibrates Reed (once / 1553 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY Reed: Reeds USAGE EXAMPLESReed, a second round pick in 2016, plays defensive tackle. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Jordan Reed’s touchdown with 8:13 to play was followed by Dustin Hopkins’ all-meaning extra point to tie the game. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Things then got weird on the point after touchdown as Jarran Reed got ejected for an unsportsmanlike penalty. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 n United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920) 2Syn|Exp John Reed commie, communist a socialist who advocates communism journalista writer for newspapers and magazines n United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) Syn|Exp Walter Reed operating surgeon, sawbones, surgeon a physician who specializes in surgery |
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