单词 | wind-instrument |
释义 | wind-instrumentn. 1. a. A musical instrument played by means of ‘wind’ (wind n.1 12), supplied either by the breath of the player or by bellows: most commonly applied to portable instruments of this kind, such as those used in an orchestra.Strictly, one whose sounds are produced by vibration of air in a pipe or tube (as the flute, trumpet, etc.) or in a number of pipes (as the organ); but usually also including those sounding by vibration of reeds (as the clarinet, harmonium, and concertina). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > [noun] doucetc1450 wind-instrument1582 horn1937 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. lxxvi. 155 He had also with him certeine wind instruments. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. i. 6 Are these I pray, cald wind Instruments? 1629 J. Ford Lovers Melancholy i. 10 Cucul. Was thy father a Piper, saist thou? Grill. A sounder of some such wind-instrument forsooth. 1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain (1789) II. 202 During the supper, a good band of music played; but it was all wind instruments. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby ii. 5 Two or three violins and a wind instrument from the Opera band. 1880 F. Taylor in Grove Dict. Music II. 5/2 The Harmonium..although played by wind, is not strictly a wind~instrument. b. figurative or allusively. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. i. 10 Clo. O, thereby hangs a tayle. Boy. Whereby hangs a tayle sir? Clo. Marry sir, by many a winde Instrument that I know. View more context for this quotation 1634 Noble Souldier iv. i. F 3 Bal. What Instrument playd she upon? Cor. A wind instrument, she did nothing but sigh. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines driven by specific energy source > [noun] > by wind wind-instrument1601 wind-engine1669 wind-machine1746 wind-motor1881 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. xxxvii. 175 Ctesibius also was much accounted of for devising wind-instruments: and by the meanes of certaine engines to draw and send water to any place. Derivatives ˌwind-instruˈmental adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > [adjective] pneumatical1609 winded1622 pneumatic1695 flabile1727 inflatile1776 windy1841 wind-instrumental1894 1894 J. A. Kappey (title) Military Music. A history of wind-instrumental bands. ˌwind-instruˈmentalist n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] blowerc897 bretheman?a1400 wait1510 town wait1541 winder1611 tooter1620 wind-instrumentalist1869 windjammer1880 horn1945 1869 J. Ella Musical Sketches I. 344 I know of no other example of wind-instrumentalists acquiring an independance by orchestral employment in London. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmaswind-instrument a. Air as used for ‘blowing’ or sounding a musical instrument ( wind-instrument) such as a horn, trumpet, flute, etc., or an organ pipe: either (a) the blast or stream of air thus used, furnished by the breath of the player or by bellows; (b) the supply of air from which this is obtained, usually under compression (cf. 9), as in the wind-chest of an organ; or (c) the body of air within the instrument, whose vibration produces the sound.spec. in Hunting, A blast or series of blasts on a horn blown at one breath. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > music on specific instrument > [noun] > wind music > cadence or flourish on horn blas?c1225 forloinc1369 windc1374 strakea1425 strakinga1425 rechasec1425 rechasingc1425 recopec1425 seekc1500 mort1555 recheat1575 gibbet1590 senneta1593 relief1602 horn-call1632 call1677 stroke1688 tantivy1785 tralira1801 tra-la-la1886 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing wind instrument > [noun] > wind blown into instrument windc1374 breathc1450 the world > food and drink > hunting > signals > [noun] > signal on horn forloinc1369 motec1400 strakea1425 rechasec1425 recopec1425 morta1500 seekc1500 death note1575 recheat1575 gibbet1590 wind1596 relief1602 call1677 stroke1688 gone away1827 rattle1889 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 443 Þer is noon Instrument Delicious þorugh wynd or touche or corde [etc.]. c1500 in Antiq. Rep. (1809) IV. 407 Immoderate wyndes in a Clarion causith it for to rage. 1596 W. Gryndall Hawking sig. Gjv When you goe into the field, blow with one wind one short, one long, and a longer. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 708 As in an Organ from one blast of wind To many a row of Pipes the sound-board breaths. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden Flower & Leaf in Fables 396 Their Instruments were various in their kind, Some for the Bow, and some for breathing Wind. 1788 W. Crowe Lewesdon Hill 27 Instruments of wind and string. 1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life i. iii. 21 The wind in the pipes of an organ. 1915 G. B. Shaw Androcles & Lion Prol. (stage direct.) Heaving a long sigh, like wind in a trombone, he goes to sleep. < n.1582 as lemmas |
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