cornet

/ˈkɔːnɪt/ (bre, ipa) · [kɔrnˈɛt] /ˈkɔːrnɪt/ (ame, ipa) · [kɔrnˈɛt] /kȯr-ˈnet How to pronounce cornet (audio) British usually ˈkȯ-nit/ (ame, mw)

cornet — 名詞

  • cornetsingular
  • cornetsplural

1. a crisp cone-shaped wafer used to hold a serving of ice cream.

1.名詞B2
釋義

甜筒

裝冰淇淋的脆餅筒

a crisp cone-shaped wafer used to hold a serving of ice cream.

例句

Amelia bought a cornet with pistachio ice cream after the school concert.

Amelia 在學校音樂會後買了一支開心果冰淇淋甜筒。

a cornet with [flavour]

The vendor filled each cornet just before the ferry left the harbor.

小販在渡輪離港前才把每個甜筒裝滿冰淇淋。

fill each cornet

同義詞
  • cone

    the usual everyday word, especially outside Britain; it can also refer to the shape itself

  • ice cream cone

    the fuller and more internationally common name for this food container

文法句型

a cornet

buy a cornet

eat a cornet

用法筆記

This sense is chiefly British. In North American English, people usually say cone or ice cream cone.

2. a small brass instrument played with valves, close to a trumpet in range but usu

2.名詞C1
釋義

短號

比小號小、音色較柔和的銅管樂器

a small brass instrument played with valves, close to a trumpet in range but usually softer and rounder in sound.

例句

Eri practiced a cornet solo before the brass band rehearsal began.

Eri 在銅管樂團排練開始前先練了一段短號獨奏。

cornet solo

Jabari learned the cornet at twelve and later switched to trumpet.

Jabari 十二歲開始學短號，後來才改吹小號。

learn the cornet; switch to trumpet

同義詞
  • trumpet

    more common and usually brighter in tone; the two instruments are similar but not interchangeable

  • flugelhorn

    broader and darker in tone than a cornet, even though both are valved brass instruments

  • bugle

    simpler brass instrument without valves, so it has a much more limited note range

文法句型

play the cornet

cornet solo

cornet section

用法筆記

Learners often confuse this instrument with the trumpet. A cornet is especially associated with brass bands and usually has a gentler tone.