| 单词 |
clarionet |
| 释义 |
clarionet|ˈklærɪənɛt, -ˈnɛt|
[dim. of clarion, cf. clarinet: see -et1.]
1. a. = clarinet 1.
1784Cowper Task ii. 260 Breathe soft Ye clarionets, and softer still ye flutes. 1820Keats Eve St. Agnes xxix, The kettle-drum and far-heard clarionet. 1842Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 164 There arose..a shrill clear sound..the strange instrument was ‘a clarionet’.
b. fig. A sound like that of the instrument.
1831T. Peacock Crotchet Castle xviii. (1887) 191 A mellifluous concert of noses, from the clarionet of the waiting-boy..to the double bass of the Reverend Doctor. 1867Emerson May-Day, etc. Wks. (Bohn) III. 406 Was it a squirrel's pettish bark, Or clarionet of joy?
c. A player on the clarionet.
1826M. Kelly Reminisc. (ed. 2) II. 247 Mr. Willman..the principal clarionet. 1876Ouida Moths II. 121, I was fourth clarionet at the Opéra Comique.
2. = clarinet 2.
1880Grove Dict. Mus. s.v. Krummhorn, Cromorne, Cremona, Clarionet..various names given to an Organ Reed Stop of 8 feet size of tone.
Hence clarioˈnetist, -ettist [see -ist], a player on the clarionet.
1865tr. Spohr's Autobiog. 68 The third Count assisted as Clarionetist in the orchestra. |
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