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saxophone

/sak-suh-fohn/US // ˈsæk səˌfoʊn //UK // (ˈsæksəˌfəʊn) //

萨克斯风,萨克斯管,萨克斯,萨克风

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a musical wind instrument consisting of a conical, usually brass tube with keys or valves and a mouthpiece with one reed.

Examples

  • Ellis joined the horn section on alto saxophone before switching to the larger, deeper-toned tenor saxophone, his preferred instrument.

  • Survivor Hal Singer became a saxophone virtuoso and a world-renowned musician.

  • Starr was a music teacher and songwriter who played flute, bass, saxophone and an electronic wind synthesizer.

  • Then Monk said to both of them, 'You play saxophone, right?'

  • There was never any one criterion for how every trombone or tenor saxophone or singer should sound.

  • Paul Winter played the saxophone and Melissa Leo, the actress, read texts written by Petit himself.

  • Charles played saxophone, and Cyril, the youngest, played congas and sang like no tomorrow.

  • But the best was that they had to call and tell me to come in and redo the butt saxophone.

  • But Mr. Hingman had long before this subsided into his chair and was emitting sounds like those from a saxophone.

  • And we're going to get one of those things—a saxophone or whatever you call it—to take our latitude and longitude with!

  • The Policeman took the saxophone, and the German the slide trombone.

  • When all poor Ernest seemed to want these days was to play the saxophone.

  • It was tougher for me than learning to play a saxophone is for a boy of ten.