| 释义 |
peck horn Jazz slang.|ˈpɛk hɔːn|
Also with hyphen and as one word.
[Origin uncertain.]
A mellophone, saxophone, or similar instrument.
1936Amer. Mercury May p. x/2 Peck horn, mellophone. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §377/8 (Alto) peck horn, an alto horn or mellophone. 1948Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 705 It [sc. jive] arose in the honky-tonks and tingle-tangles of the pre-jazz era, and many of its current names for musical instruments go back to that era or even beyond, e.g.,..pretzel or peck⁓horn for a French horn. 1961Down Beat 13 Apr. 37 This set contains a good sampling of his abilities on trumpet, alto, baritone, and the oddball peckhorn. 1966New Yorker 25 June 44/2 The band generally had two trombones, three trumpets, a bass horn and a baritone horn, a peck horn, a clarinet. Ibid. 46/3 From the age of eight I played the upright alto—the peck horn—in my father's band. 1970C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 90 Peck horn,..mellophone or saxophone. 1975Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 12 July 47/1 Straight band singers were unknown in the Twenties—everyone, even Bing Crosby, had an instrument to hold. ‘I had a peckhorn, like a flugel⁓horn.’ |