cornet

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɔːnɪt/    美 /kɔɹˈnɛt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
  2. The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
  3. A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
  4. The standard flown by a cavalry troop. obsolete
  5. A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK, dated) an ice cream cone.
  6. The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry). historical
    — No general would have sent a mere cornet in command of five hundred horse: Fairfax despatched a colonel to take charge as soon as he heard what had happened.
  7. A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player. obsolete
    — They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them.
  8. A kind of organ stop.
  9. A hollow horn-like growth.

词形变化

cornets plural cornets plural

词汇关系

衍生词
corneter cornetfish cornetist ice-cream cornet field cornet cornetcy assistant field cornet

词源

词源 1
From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).
词源 2
From Middle French cornette, diminutive of corne, from Latin cornua (“horns”).
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