horn
horn 英 [hɔ:n] 美 [hɔrn]
n. 喇叭,号角;角 vt. 装角于
进行时:horning 过去式:horned 过去分词:horned 第三人称单数:horns 名词复数:horns
- A horn is an instrument that's made of metal and is played by blowing into it. Another type of horn comes out of an animal's head. Don't confuse the two and imagine a trombone sticking out of a water buffalo's head.
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- n. 喇叭,号角;角
- vt. 装角于
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1. The driver was blasting on his horn.
司机在按喇叭,发出刺耳的喇叭声。
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2. The sound of the automobile horn rasped on the ear.
汽车的喇叭声很刺耳。
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3. No need to honk the horn under such a traffic block.
在这种塞车的情况下,你再按喇叭也无济于事。
- horn (n.) Old English horn "horn of an animal; projection, pinnacle," also "wind instrument" (originally one made from animal horns), from Proto-Germanic *hurnaz (source also of German Horn, Dutch horen, Old Frisian horn, Gothic haurn), from PIE root *ker- (1) "horn; head."
- horn (v.) 1690s, "to furnish with horns," from horn (n.). Earlier in figurative sense of "to cuckold" (1540s). Meaning "to push with the horns" (of cattle, buffalo, etc.) is from 1851, American English; phrase horn in "intrude" is by 1880, American English, originally cowboy slang. Related: Horned; horning.
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