单词 | alphorn |
释义 | alphornn. = alpenhorn n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > horn > [noun] > lur or alpenhorn alphorn1814 alpenhorna1829 lure1840 lur1876 1814 Old Bachelor iv. 22 Their shepherd master, with his alp-horn to his lips and peace and gladness at his heart, poured from the echoing mountains..the simply wild and touching notes of his favorite air. 1836 Penny Mag. 11 Sept. 356/2 [An instrument] used in all the pastoral districts..called the Luur. It is the same as the Alphorn of the Swiss mountaineers. 1838 J. Murray Hand-bk. for Travellers in Switzerland (new ed.) p. xxxvi In some of the remoter pastoral districts of Switzerland,..the Alp-horn supplies, on the higher pastures..the place of the vesper-bell. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 13 Aug. 2/3 The time-honoured Alp-horn melodies. 1931 Boys' Life Aug. 24/1 The alphorn used on the lofty summer pastures, to call the cows home at milking time. 1988 D. R. Chesnutt & C. J. Taylor in H. Laurens Papers H. Laurens XI. 274 The ranz des vaches was a Swiss mountain melody sung or played on an alphorn by herdsmen. 2010 Business Recorder (Nexis) 2 Aug. Switzerland's music scene does not consist only of yodeling and alphorns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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