saxophonen.

Brit.

/ˈsaksəfəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈsæksəˌfoʊn/

Etymology: < the name Sax (see saxhorn n.) + Greek -ϕωνος voiced, sounding.

1. A brass wind-instrument with a clarinet mouthpiece, invented about 1840 by Adolphe Sax. Also preceded by qualifying adjective (or quasi-adjective), as soprano saxophone, alto saxophone (see alto n.² and adj. Compounds 2), tenor saxophone (see tenor adj.), baritone saxophone, and bass saxophone, in descending order of pitch. (The instrument is widely used in modern dance and jazz bands.) Cf. sax n.²

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > saxophone

saxophone1851

sax1923

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1259/1 Sax, Adolphe & Co., Paris... Saxophone, and complete set of instruments for military bands, invented by the exhibitor.

1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 708/2 Adolphe Sax, a Belgian established in Paris, who invented the family of saxophones.

1927 Melody Maker Aug. 767/1 Then Mr. Billy Childs proved his excessive lung power by the force he put into blowing the soprano saxophone.

1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz ii. 57 The other saxophones in common use in the band are the tenor, baritone, soprano and bass.

1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) VII. 434/2 Occasionally in the years just before 1917 the tenor saxophone did supplement the trombone and the soprano the clarinet, particularly in the rather larger and more highly organized bands on the Mississippi river boats.

1969 Punch 12 Feb. 245/3 A vaguely modal thrash headed by Lynn Dobson on flute and soprano saxophone.

1977 Listener 17 Feb. 215/3 Modern tenor-saxophone playing.

2. One who plays the saxophone; a saxophonist.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > saxophone-player

saxophonist1865

alto saxophonist1902

alto saxist1926

sax1926

saxophone1929

honker1934

saxist1939

altoist1946

tenor saxophone1954

baritonist1958

tenorist1958

1929 H. Miles tr. P. Morand Black Magic i. 48 The saxophone was a handsome tall fellow.

1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn iii. i. 140 Rick met them... In the order of their presentation they were drums, saxophone, and trombone.

1949 N. Marsh Swing, Brother, Swing vi. 119 The first saxophone muttered something about hitting the high spots.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [adjective] > saxophone

saxophonic1926

saxophone1927

1927 Melody Maker May 489/2 Can you imagine anything worse than a saxophone section playing a nice legato movement and the banjo plonking away for all he is worth,..and killing the good work of the saxes.

1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) VII. 434/1 From time to time saxophone quartets..have appeared on the concert platform.

1973 Advocate-News (Barbados) 24 Feb. 3/6 (advt.) Attention all musicians..Just arrived:..Trombone Stands..Saxophone Stands.

1976 A. White Long Silence i. 10 We'd..have a jolly time dancing to saxophone music until the small hours.

Derivatives

saxoˈphonic adj. of or pertaining to a saxophone.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [adjective] > saxophone

saxophonic1926

saxophone1927

1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz ii. 34 Sleep for nights became a saxophonic mockery.

1958 Times 3 Dec. 14/6 The bassoon of Mr. Karl Kolbinger, which achieves an old fashioned diapason tone or a modern saxophonic reediness as he requires.

ˈsaxophonist n. a saxophone-player.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > saxophone-player

saxophonist1865

alto saxophonist1902

alto saxist1926

sax1926

saxophone1929

honker1934

saxist1939

altoist1946

tenor saxophone1954

baritonist1958

tenorist1958

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Aug. 1/2 Hitherto we have had neither Zouaves, nor drummers, nor Turkish Saxophonists, nor Danish peasants, introduced into the orchestra.

1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz i iii. 81 He noticed that a saxophonist was absent one night.

1970 Daily Tel. 19 May 16/4 Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington's masterful alto saxophonist.

1976 New Yorker 15 Nov. 6/1 Alto saxophonist James Vass..will front his own quartet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

saxophonev.

Brit.

/ˈsaksəfəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈsæksəˌfoʊn/

Etymology: < saxophone n.

intransitive. To play on the saxophone. Also figurative, to produce a loud and raucous noise.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > harsh or discordant [verb (intransitive)]

yerrOE

discorda1398

jangle1494

missoundc1500

jara1529

jarglec1550

harsh1582

chide1594

caterwaul1621

murr1662

wrangle1816

girl1820

crank1827

saxophone1927

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > play wind instrument [verb (intransitive)] > play saxophone

saxophone1927

1927 Sunday Express 28 Aug. 5/2 America's noise was gramophoned everywhere, and bawled and saxophoned.

1928 Daily Express 17 Mar. 9/7 Ten pairs of Communist lungs gave vent to a chorus of as syncopated invectives as one could wish. The parties of the Centre and Right saxophoned back.

Derivatives

ˈsaxophoning n.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > [noun] > playing saxophone

saxophoning1952

1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xxi. 288 Max's drumming, even as other boppers' trumpeting or saxophoning, just doesn't fit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	saxophone
释义	saxophonen. Brit. /ˈsaksəfəʊn/, U.S. /ˈsæksəˌfoʊn/ Etymology: < the name Sax (see saxhorn n.) + Greek -ϕωνος voiced, sounding. 1. A brass wind-instrument with a clarinet mouthpiece, invented about 1840 by Adolphe Sax. Also preceded by qualifying adjective (or quasi-adjective), as soprano saxophone, alto saxophone (see alto n.² and adj. Compounds 2), tenor saxophone (see tenor adj.), baritone saxophone, and bass saxophone, in descending order of pitch. (The instrument is widely used in modern dance and jazz bands.) Cf. sax n.² ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > saxophone saxophone1851 sax1923 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1259/1 Sax, Adolphe & Co., Paris... Saxophone, and complete set of instruments for military bands, invented by the exhibitor. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 708/2 Adolphe Sax, a Belgian established in Paris, who invented the family of saxophones. 1927 Melody Maker Aug. 767/1 Then Mr. Billy Childs proved his excessive lung power by the force he put into blowing the soprano saxophone. 1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz ii. 57 The other saxophones in common use in the band are the tenor, baritone, soprano and bass. 1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) VII. 434/2 Occasionally in the years just before 1917 the tenor saxophone did supplement the trombone and the soprano the clarinet, particularly in the rather larger and more highly organized bands on the Mississippi river boats. 1969 Punch 12 Feb. 245/3 A vaguely modal thrash headed by Lynn Dobson on flute and soprano saxophone. 1977 Listener 17 Feb. 215/3 Modern tenor-saxophone playing. 2. One who plays the saxophone; a saxophonist. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > saxophone-player saxophonist1865 alto saxophonist1902 alto saxist1926 sax1926 saxophone1929 honker1934 saxist1939 altoist1946 tenor saxophone1954 baritonist1958 tenorist1958 1929 H. Miles tr. P. Morand Black Magic i. 48 The saxophone was a handsome tall fellow. 1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn iii. i. 140 Rick met them... In the order of their presentation they were drums, saxophone, and trombone. 1949 N. Marsh Swing, Brother, Swing vi. 119 The first saxophone muttered something about hitting the high spots. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [adjective] > saxophone saxophonic1926 saxophone1927 1927 Melody Maker May 489/2 Can you imagine anything worse than a saxophone section playing a nice legato movement and the banjo plonking away for all he is worth,..and killing the good work of the saxes. 1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) VII. 434/1 From time to time saxophone quartets..have appeared on the concert platform. 1973 Advocate-News (Barbados) 24 Feb. 3/6 (advt.) Attention all musicians..Just arrived:..Trombone Stands..Saxophone Stands. 1976 A. White Long Silence i. 10 We'd..have a jolly time dancing to saxophone music until the small hours. Derivatives saxoˈphonic adj. of or pertaining to a saxophone. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [adjective] > saxophone saxophonic1926 saxophone1927 1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz ii. 34 Sleep for nights became a saxophonic mockery. 1958 Times 3 Dec. 14/6 The bassoon of Mr. Karl Kolbinger, which achieves an old fashioned diapason tone or a modern saxophonic reediness as he requires. ˈsaxophonist n. a saxophone-player. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > saxophone-player saxophonist1865 alto saxophonist1902 alto saxist1926 sax1926 saxophone1929 honker1934 saxist1939 altoist1946 tenor saxophone1954 baritonist1958 tenorist1958 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Aug. 1/2 Hitherto we have had neither Zouaves, nor drummers, nor Turkish Saxophonists, nor Danish peasants, introduced into the orchestra. 1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz i iii. 81 He noticed that a saxophonist was absent one night. 1970 Daily Tel. 19 May 16/4 Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington's masterful alto saxophonist. 1976 New Yorker 15 Nov. 6/1 Alto saxophonist James Vass..will front his own quartet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). saxophonev. Brit. /ˈsaksəfəʊn/, U.S. /ˈsæksəˌfoʊn/ Etymology: < saxophone n. intransitive. To play on the saxophone. Also figurative, to produce a loud and raucous noise. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > harsh or discordant [verb (intransitive)] yerrOE discorda1398 jangle1494 missoundc1500 jara1529 jarglec1550 harsh1582 chide1594 caterwaul1621 murr1662 wrangle1816 girl1820 crank1827 saxophone1927 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > play wind instrument [verb (intransitive)] > play saxophone saxophone1927 1927 Sunday Express 28 Aug. 5/2 America's noise was gramophoned everywhere, and bawled and saxophoned. 1928 Daily Express 17 Mar. 9/7 Ten pairs of Communist lungs gave vent to a chorus of as syncopated invectives as one could wish. The parties of the Centre and Right saxophoned back. Derivatives ˈsaxophoning n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > [noun] > playing saxophone saxophoning1952 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xxi. 288 Max's drumming, even as other boppers' trumpeting or saxophoning, just doesn't fit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851v.1927
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