| 单词 | reed |
| 释义 | reed 1. n. & v. --n 1. a any of various water or marsh plants with a firm stem, esp. of the genus Phragmites. b a tall straight stalk of this. 2. (collect.) reeds growing in a mass or used as material esp. for thatching. 3. Brit. wheat-straw prepared for thatching. 4. a pipe of reed or straw. 5. a the vibrating part of the mouthpiece of some wind instruments, e.g. the oboe and clarinet, made of reed or other material and producing the sound. b (esp. in pl.) a reed instrument. 6. a weaver's comblike implement for separating the threads of the warp and correctly positioning the weft. 7. (in pl.) a set of semicylindrical adjacent mouldings like reeds laid together. --vtr. 1. thatch with reed. 2. make (straw) into reed. 3. fit (a musical instrument) with a reed. 4. decorate with a moulding of reeds. Phrases and idioms reed bunting a small brown bird, Emberiza schoeniclus, frequenting reed-beds. reed-mace a tall reedlike water-plant, Typha latifolia, with straplike leaves and a head of numerous tiny red-brown flowers. reed-organ a harmonium etc. with the sound produced by metal reeds. reed-pipe 1. a wind instrument with sound produced by a reed. 2. an organ-pipe with a reed. reed-stop a reeded organ-stop. reed-warbler any bird of the genus Acrocephalus, esp. A. scirpaceus, frequenting reed-beds. Etymology: OE hreod f. WG 2. n. the fourth stomach of a ruminant; the abomasum. Etymology: OE reada |
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