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horn n.角，角质；喇叭 horn (n.) Old English horn "horn of an animal," also "wind instrument" (originally made from animal horns), from Proto-Germanic *hurnaz (cognates: German Horn, Dutch horen, Gothic haurn), from PIE *ker- (1) "horn; head, uppermost part of the body," with derivatives refering to horned animals, horn-shaped objects and projecting parts (cognates: Greek karnon "horn," Latin cornu "horn," Sanskrit srngam "horn," Persian sar "head," Avestan sarah- "head," Greek koryphe "head," Latin cervus "deer," Welsh carw "deer"). Reference to car horns is first recorded 1901. Figurative senses of Latin cornu included "salient point, chief argument; wing, flank; power, courage, strength." Jazz slang sense of "trumpet" is by 1921. Meaning "telephone" is by 1945.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. 无

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[hɔ:n] 【考】 trumpet : horn / tambourine : drum(小号是一种号角/手 鼓是一种鼓)horn : blow / harp : pluck(吹喇叭/拔竪琴) n. (牛、羊)角, 号角; 鹿茸; 喇叭【类】trumpet: horn = tambourine: drum 喇叭是一种号角 = 小手鼓是一种鼓horn: blow = harp: pluck 吹喇叭 = 拔竪琴

单词	horn
音标	[hɔ:n]
解释	n.角，角质；喇叭
红宝书	【考】 trumpet : horn / tambourine : drum(小号是一种号角/手鼓是一种鼓)horn : blow / harp : pluck(吹喇叭/拔竪琴)
字源	horn (n.) Old English horn "horn of an animal," also "wind instrument" (originally made from animal horns), from Proto-Germanic hurnaz (cognates: German Horn, Dutch horen, Gothic haurn), from PIE ker- (1) "horn; head, uppermost part of the body," with derivatives refering to horned animals, horn-shaped objects and projecting parts (cognates: Greek karnon "horn," Latin cornu "horn," Sanskrit srngam "horn," Persian sar "head," Avestan sarah- "head," Greek koryphe "head," Latin cervus "deer," Welsh carw "deer"). Reference to car horns is first recorded 1901. Figurative senses of Latin cornu included "salient point, chief argument; wing, flank; power, courage, strength." Jazz slang sense of "trumpet" is by 1921. Meaning "telephone" is by 1945. 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.
不择手段背单词	n. (牛、羊)角, 号角; 鹿茸; 喇叭【类】trumpet: horn = tambourine: drum 喇叭是一种号角 = 小手鼓是一种鼓horn: blow = harp: pluck 吹喇叭 = 拔竪琴
趣味全助记	无

Horn Latin Head Blow Cognates Greek Cornu Figurative