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单词 wind-instrument
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wind-instrumentn.

Brit. /ˈwɪndˌɪnstrᵿm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈwɪndˌɪnstrəmənt/
Forms: (Often as two words.)
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).
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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.
in combination.1776 J. Hawkins Gen. Hist. Music V. iv. vii. 364 The younger Stanesby, the wind-instrument-maker.
b. figurative or allusively.
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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.
2. A machine or contrivance driven by the wind, as a windmill. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
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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.
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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 lemmas

wind-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.
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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.
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