| 单词 | cornet |
| 释义 | cornet /kawr net"/ for 1; /kawr"nit, kawr net"/ for 2-8, n. 1. Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family. 2. a small cone of paper twisted at the end and used for holding candy, nuts, etc. 3. a pastry cone, usually filled with whipped cream. 4. Brit. a conical wafer, as for ice cream; cone. 5. a large, white, winged headdress formerly worn by the members of the Sisters of Charity. 6. a woman's headdress, often cone-shaped, usually of delicate fabrics and having lappets of lace or other material, worn by women from the 14th to the 18th century. 7. a pennant or flag used for signaling in a navy. 8. (formerly) the officer who carried the colors in a troop of cavalry: the cornet of horse. [1325-75; ME < MF, OF, equiv. to corn HORN ( < L cornu; see CORNU) + -et -ET] |
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