单词 | reed horn |
释义 | > as lemmasreed horn reed horn n. any horn in which sound is produced by a reed; spec. a type of foghorn in which a metal reed is vibrated by compressed air to produce the sound. ΚΠ 1851 R. Ellis Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. III. 1105/2 Brass reed horn, with eight valves. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 266/2 At the Trinity House experiments with fog signals at St. Catherine's (1901) several types of reed-horn were experimented with. 1998 Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram (Nexis) 5 Apr. 29 A ringside band plays serpentine, wailing music—on a reed horn, drums, and cymbal—which surges along with the fighting. 1998 R. K. Hubbard Boater's Bowditch (2000) 365/2 Nautophone, a sound signal emitter comprising an electrically oscillated diaphragm. It emits a signal similar in power and tone to that of a reed horn. < as lemmas |
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