单词 | cornet |
释义 | cornet 1. n.   1. Mus. a a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but shorter and wider. b its player. c an organ stop with the quality of a cornet. d a cornetto.   2. Brit. a conical wafer for holding ice-cream. Derivatives cornetist n. cornettist n. Etymology: ME f. OF ult. f. L cornu horn 2. n. Brit. hist. the fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours. Derivatives cornetcy n. (pl. -ies). Etymology: earlier sense 'pennon, standard' f. F cornette dimin. of corne ult. f. L cornua horns |
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