| 单词 | reed |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ri:d] |
| 解释 | n.芦苇；簧片 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 芦苇 (a grasslike plant);簧片(a thin piece of wood or metal in a musical instrument) |
| 字源 | reed (n.) "tall, broad-leafed grass growing in wet places," Old English hreod "reed, rush," from Proto-Germanic *kreut- "reed" (cognates: Old Saxon hraid, Old Frisian hriad, Middle Dutch ried, Dutch riet, Old High German hriot, German Ried), with no known cognates beyond Germanic. Meaning "musical pipe made from a reed stem" is from late 14c. (reed-pipe is from c.1300). As part of the mouthpiece of a musical instrument it is attested from 1520s. Meaning "a reed instrument" is from 1838. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：芦笛，r作译音时发l |
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