embouchure
/ahm-boo-shoor, ahm-boo-shoor; French ahn-boo-shyr/US // ˌɑm bʊˈʃʊər, ˈɑm bʊˌʃʊər; French ɑ̃ buˈʃür //UK // (ˌɒmbʊˈʃʊə) //
喉管,鼻音,喉结,喉部
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural em·bou·chures [ahm-boo-shoorz; ahm-boo-shoorz; French ahn-boo-shyr]. /ˌɑm bʊˈʃʊərz; ˈɑm bʊˌʃʊərz; French ɑ̃ buˈʃür/.
- : the mouth of a river.
- : the opening out of a valley into a plain.
- : Music. the mouthpiece of a wind instrument.the adjustment of a player's mouth to such a mouthpiece.
Examples
The distance from Chepstow to the embouchure of the Wye about three miles.
From this point to the embouchure its course lies through delightful scenery.
Probably, according to Teulet, the present Sandhoferfahrt, a little below the embouchure of the Neckar.
It had shoals off its embouchure; and these, he rightly enough fancied, would induce Captain Cuffe to be wary.
Amber lies under, or is formed upon the sand, and abounds most near the embouchure of a small river in this neighbourhood.
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