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单词 shawm
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shawm

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shawm

S0324000 (shôm)n. Any of various early double-reed wind instruments, forerunners of the modern oboe.
[Middle English schalme, from Old French chalemie, alteration of chalemel, from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of Latin calamus, reed, from Greek kalamos.]

shawm

(ʃɔːm) n (Instruments) music a medieval form of the oboe with a conical bore and flaring bell, blown through a double reed[C14 shalmye, from Old French chalemie, ultimately from Latin calamus a reed, from Greek kalamos]

shawm

(ʃɔm)

n. an early double-reed woodwind instrument. [1505–15; < Middle French chaume < Latin calamus stalk < Greek kálamos reed]
Thesaurus
Noun1.shawm - a medieval oboeshawm - a medieval oboe bombard, bombardon - a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm familyhautbois, hautboy, oboe - a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
Translations
Schalmei

shawm

enUK

shawm

(shôm), double-reed woodwind instrument used in Europe from the 13th through the 17th cent. The term denotes a family of instruments of different sizes. The shape and tone of the soprano shawm are comparable to those of the oboeoboe
[Ital., from Fr. hautbois] or hautboy
, woodwind instrument of conical bore, its mouthpiece having a double reed. The instruments possessing these general characteristics may be referred to as the oboe family, which includes the English horn, the bassoon,
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, of which it is a precursor. The shawm was constructed from a single piece of wood that was conically bored. Shawm-type instruments exist in many parts of the world, some of them with cognate names, such as the Turkish zurna.

shawm

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  • noun

Words related to shawm

noun a medieval oboe

Related Words

  • bombard
  • bombardon
  • hautbois
  • hautboy
  • oboe
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