clarion

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈklæ.ɹɪ.ən/    美 /ˈklæ.ɹi.ən/|/ˈklɛ-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound. historical,poetic
    — The clarion’s call to action has been heard.
  2. The sound of a clarion (sense 1), or any sound resembling the loud, high-pitched note of a clarion. broadly,poetic
    — Others [i.e., other birds] on ground / Walk'd firm; the creſted Cock whoſe clarion ſounds / The ſilent hours, and th' other whoſe gay Traine / Adorns him, colour'd with the Florid hue / Of Rainbows and Starrie Eyes.
  3. An organ stop consisting of pipes with reeds giving a high-pitched note like that of a clarion (sense 1). broadly
  4. The middle register of the clarinet. broadly
  5. A charge thought to represent a type of wind instrument, a keyboard instrument like a spinet, or perhaps a rest used by a knight to support a lance during jousting.
动词 v.
  1. To announce or herald (something) using a clarion (noun sense 1). rare,transitive
  2. To announce or herald (something) using a clarion (noun sense 1).; To announce or herald (something) clearly, especially so as to stir or unite people. figuratively,rare,transitive
    — His deep voice clarioned the words and he paused, hearing them whisper away into their last faint echoes in the organ loft.
  3. Of a thing: to cause (a place) to echo with a sound like that of a clarion. also,figuratively,rare,transitive
    — Sir Knight, thy glory clarioneth the heavens.
  4. To sound a clarion; also, to make a high-pitched, piercing sound like that of a clarion. intransitive,rare
    — [T]hou, young-bodied morn, / In-ushered by the puffed winds clarioning, / No bond can bind.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a sound, a voice, a message, etc.: brilliantly clear. not-comparable
    — her clarion top notes

词形变化

clarions plural clarions present,singular,third-person clarioning participle,present clarioned participle,past clarioned past

词汇关系

衍生词
clarion call clarionet clarionetist clarionettist clarioning

词源

词源 1
The noun is derived from Middle English clarion, clarioun (“trumpet with a narrow tube and a shrill sound, clarion; clarion player”) [and other forms], from Old French claron, clarïon (“clarion”) [and other forms], from Medieval Latin clāriōn, clario, clārōn (“clarion; trumpet”), from Latin clārus (“audible; clear, distinct, loud; (visually) bright, clear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, summon; to cry”).
The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun.
词源 2
From Middle English clariounen (“of a horn or trumpet: to blow, sound”), from clarioun (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitives of verbs). Later uses may also be derived directly from the noun.
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