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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
  1. 1

    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.