hautboy

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈhəʊˌbɔɪ/    美 /ˈhoʊˌbɔɪ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An oboe or similar treble double reed instrument. dated
    — I […] told John a Gaunt he beat his own name; for you might have thrust him and all his apparel into an eel-skin; the case of a treble hautboy was a mansion for him, a court […]
  2. A reed stop on an organ giving a similar sound.
  3. A tall-growing strawberry, Fragaria elatior, having a musky flavor.
    — In May we have strawberries, which continue in season two or three months. These are of the wood kind; very grateful, and of a good flavour; but the scarlets and hautboys are not known at Nice.

词形变化

hautboys plural haut-boy alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
hautboyist

词源

From Middle French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautbois.
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