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bassoon

/ba-soon, buh-/US // bæˈsun, bə- //UK // (bəˈsuːn) //

巴松管,巴松,巴颂管,低音管

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a large woodwind instrument of low range, with a doubled tube and a curved metal crook to which a double reed is attached.

Examples

  • And he played, with variations, an imaginary tune On the buttons of his waistcoat, like a jocular bassoon.

  • Grandfather Tootle, the bassoon, spends his time in dozing: all you can hear from him is an occasional snore.

  • Had there been a wedding guest present, he would hardly have repined in not being able to obey the summons of the loud bassoon.

  • Mhler remembered that at one of the general rehearsals the third bassoon was absent; at which Beethoven fretted and fumed.

  • It was told by Mittag, a bassoon player who had taken part in a performance of the Septet at a concert on December 11.