“mouth、organ”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

mouth-organ

释义

mouth-organ
1. A musical instrument operated by the mouth.
a. = pan-pipe;
b. = harmonica, -on;
c. dial. = Jews' harp.
a1668R. Lassels Voy. Italy (1698) II. 199 Pan also plays on his mouth-organ tuneably.1836–9Dickens Sk. Boz, First of May, The instrumental accompaniments rarely extended beyond the shovels and a set of Pan-pipes, better known to many, as a ‘mouth-organ’.1887Sci. Amer. 19 Feb. 120/3 The mouth organ, or harmonica, is a familiar example of a simple reed instrument.
2. Zool. One of the parts or appendages forming the mouth (of an insect, crustacean, etc.).
1863Dana in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. Ser. ii. XXXVI. 4 Insects,..have three pairs of mouth-organs, and three pairs of legs.1866H. Woodward Brit. Fossil Crustacea i. 37. 1878 Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 239 Such of these more anterior ventral appendages as lie near the mouth are converted into mouth-organs.

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