释义 |
ˈear-ˌtrumpet An apparatus in the form of a straight or convoluted conoidal tube, used by persons somewhat deaf, to enable them to hear more distinctly.
1776Burney Hist. Mus. I. 184 Perhaps Asclepiades was the inventor of the acousticon, or ear-trumpet. 1823Byron Juan x. xxxiv, The ear-trumpet of my good old aunt. |