新托福iBT词汇分类突破 – Unit 039

by 李笑来 on 2009/12/08

Wind instruments, or aerophones, produce sound by vibration, which may be produced by performers’ lips (brass), a column of air split across a sharp edge (flutes, pipes, whistles), or by one or two reeds, as with instruments such as the clarinet, saxophone, oboe, bassoon.

  • wind instrument [wind - ˈinstrumənt] n.管乐器
  • aerophone [ˈeərəˌfəun] n.管乐器
  • column [ˈkɔləm] n.柱(a colum of air 气柱)
  • split [split] n.裂缝
  • edge [edʒ] n.边缘
  • flute [flu:t] n.竖笛,横笛
  • pipe [paip] n.风笛
  • whistle [ˈhwisl] n.口哨
  • reed [ri:d] n.簧片
  • clarinet [ˌklæriˈnet] n.单簧管, 黑管
  • saxophone [ˈsæksəfəun] n.萨克斯管
  • oboe [ˈəubəu,ˈəubi] n.双簧管
  • bassoon [bəˈsu:n] n.低音管,巴松