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单词 clarinet
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Definition of clarinet in English:

clarinet

noun klarɪˈnɛtˌklɛrəˈnɛt
  • 1A woodwind instrument with a single-reed mouthpiece, a cylindrical tube with a flared end, and holes stopped by keys.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I play guitar and the piano and am learning the clarinet.
    • In the orchestra, she plays two musical instruments: the bass clarinet and piccolo clarinet.
    • I stopped readying my clarinet and looked him in the eye.
    • He started playing the clarinet at 20 and soon moved on to the saxophone.
    • She takes piano lessons and plays clarinet in our fifth grade band.
    • The instruments all stopped except a clarinet, which gave a loud squeak.
    • Darius wanted to bring in a bass clarinet for this.
    • Because the bore is cylindrical, clarinets are much cheaper to make than oboes.
    • He began playing the piano when he was five, then played a lot of different instruments in high school, including the oboe and the clarinet.
    • She began to learn the clarinet, saxophone and oboe in 1985, and learned the art of conducting at the Mozart Conservatory of Music in Salzburg in 1995.
    • My mother played some piano and my father was able to play violin, some piano, saxophone, clarinet, trumpet and trombone.
    • He wrote several violin concertos and a smaller number for wind including probably the first solo clarinet concerto.
    • The members of the clarinet section called after her loudly.
    • Finally, something interesting was coming up: a rare, but long-awaited second clarinet solo.
    • Griffiths came to the orchestra as a clarinet player six months ago.
    • He played clarinet in a town orchestra whose instruments were donated by a mill owner.
    • The programme includes the Mozart clarinet concerto, Vaughan Williams' Folk Song Suite and Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance.
    • Two thirds of the children had some musical experience and those with orchestral skills played violins, clarinets, cellos, flutes and saxophones.
    • But in 1954 he stopped playing the clarinet, claiming he could not achieve the level of artistry he desired.
    • His Cello Concerto in C, Op. 20, written in 1899 has a surprise opening, with the oboe and then the clarinet appearing before the cello.
    • I also learned to play the violin, the clarinet, the saxophone and the accordion.
    • I was invited to play the clarinet in the camp orchestra, which was a huge treat for me.
    1. 1.1 An organ stop with a tone resembling that of a clarinet.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • On the theatre organ, the Clarinet is the most common reed after the Vox Humana and Trumpet.

Derivatives

  • clarinettist

  • noun klarəˈnɛtɪstˌklɛrəˈnɛdəst
    • A person who plays the clarinet.

      the principal clarinettist of the orchestra
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was a fine teacher, wonderful jazz clarinettist and painter, and above all rightly described by all who are familiar with his work as a prodigious composer.
      • One of the great jazz clarinetists and band leaders, he justifiably was crowned ‘the king of swing’.
      • British composers were especially lucky in their clarinetists, oboists, horn players, and violists.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from French clarinette, diminutive of clarine, denoting a kind of bell; related to clarion.

  • This musical term is from French clarinette, a diminutive of clarine denoting a kind of bell; it is related to Middle English clarion originally ‘a shrill narrow-tubed war trumpet’, from medieval Latin clario(n-), from Latin clarus ‘clear’. From the same source come claret, clarity, clarify, clear, and declare; all Middle English.

Rhymes

abet, aiguillette, anisette, Annette, Antoinette, arête, Arlette, ate, baguette, banquette, barbette, barrette, basinet, bassinet, beget, Bernadette, beset, bet, Bette, blanquette, Brett, briquette, brochette, brunette (US brunet), Burnett, cadet, caravanette, cassette, castanet, charette, cigarette (US cigaret), Claudette, Colette, coquette, corvette, couchette, courgette, croquette, curette, curvet, Debrett, debt, dinette, diskette, duet, epaulette (US epaulet), flageolet, flannelette, forget, fret, galette, gazette, Georgette, get, godet, grisette, heavyset, Jeanette, jet, kitchenette, La Fayette, landaulet, launderette, layette, lazaret, leatherette, let, Lett, lorgnette, luncheonette, lunette, Lynette, maisonette, majorette, maquette, Marie-Antoinette, marionette, Marquette, marquisette, martinet, met, minaret, minuet, moquette, motet, musette, Nanette, net, noisette, nonet, novelette, nymphet, octet, Odette, on-set, oubliette, Paulette, pet, Phuket, picquet, pillaret, pincette, pipette, piquet, pirouette, planchette, pochette, quartet, quickset, quintet, regret, ret, Rhett, roomette, rosette, roulette, satinette, septet, serviette, sestet, set, sett, sextet, silhouette, soubrette, spinet, spinneret, statuette, stet, stockinet, sublet, suffragette, Suzette, sweat, thickset, threat, Tibet, toilette, tret, underlet, upset, usherette, vedette, vet, vignette, vinaigrette, wagonette, wet, whet, winceyette, yet, Yvette
 
 

Definition of clarinet in US English:

clarinet

nounˌklerəˈnetˌklɛrəˈnɛt
  • 1A woodwind instrument with a single-reed mouthpiece, a cylindrical tube with a flared end, and holes stopped by keys.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She began to learn the clarinet, saxophone and oboe in 1985, and learned the art of conducting at the Mozart Conservatory of Music in Salzburg in 1995.
    • I also learned to play the violin, the clarinet, the saxophone and the accordion.
    • My mother played some piano and my father was able to play violin, some piano, saxophone, clarinet, trumpet and trombone.
    • He began playing the piano when he was five, then played a lot of different instruments in high school, including the oboe and the clarinet.
    • He started playing the clarinet at 20 and soon moved on to the saxophone.
    • He wrote several violin concertos and a smaller number for wind including probably the first solo clarinet concerto.
    • Griffiths came to the orchestra as a clarinet player six months ago.
    • Finally, something interesting was coming up: a rare, but long-awaited second clarinet solo.
    • Darius wanted to bring in a bass clarinet for this.
    • His Cello Concerto in C, Op. 20, written in 1899 has a surprise opening, with the oboe and then the clarinet appearing before the cello.
    • Because the bore is cylindrical, clarinets are much cheaper to make than oboes.
    • She takes piano lessons and plays clarinet in our fifth grade band.
    • In the orchestra, she plays two musical instruments: the bass clarinet and piccolo clarinet.
    • The instruments all stopped except a clarinet, which gave a loud squeak.
    • The members of the clarinet section called after her loudly.
    • I play guitar and the piano and am learning the clarinet.
    • The programme includes the Mozart clarinet concerto, Vaughan Williams' Folk Song Suite and Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance.
    • Two thirds of the children had some musical experience and those with orchestral skills played violins, clarinets, cellos, flutes and saxophones.
    • He played clarinet in a town orchestra whose instruments were donated by a mill owner.
    • I stopped readying my clarinet and looked him in the eye.
    • I was invited to play the clarinet in the camp orchestra, which was a huge treat for me.
    • But in 1954 he stopped playing the clarinet, claiming he could not achieve the level of artistry he desired.
    1. 1.1 An organ stop with a tone resembling that of a clarinet.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • On the theatre organ, the Clarinet is the most common reed after the Vox Humana and Trumpet.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from French clarinette, diminutive of clarine, denoting a kind of bell; related to clarion.

 
 
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