embouchure
/ˌɒmbʊˈʃʊə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɑːmbʊˈʃʊr/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈäm-bü-ˌshu̇r ˌäm-bü-ˈshu̇r/ (ame, mw)
embouchure — 名詞
1. the position and control of a musician's lips, jaw, and facial muscles when play
吹奏嘴型
吹管樂器時嘴唇和臉部肌肉的姿勢
the position and control of a musician's lips, jaw, and facial muscles when playing a wind instrument, which shapes the quality of the sound
The trumpet teacher watched Maria's embouchure and told her to relax her lips.
小號老師觀察 Maria 的吹奏嘴型，並告訴她放鬆嘴唇。
possessive: [person]'s embouchure
Priya strengthened her embouchure through daily practice, and soon she could hit the high C on her flute without her jaw tensing.
Priya 每天練習加強吹奏嘴型，很快就能輕鬆吹出長笛的高音 C，不再讓下巴緊繃。
verb pattern: strengthen + [possessive] + embouchure
Diego used a mirror to check his embouchure every day, and after six weeks his lips no longer trembled on long high notes.
Diego 每天對著鏡子檢查吹奏嘴型，六週後他的嘴唇在吹長音時不再顫抖。
The clarinet student felt her embouchure weaken after playing for two hours.
那位單簧管學生覺得吹了兩小時後，她的吹奏嘴型逐漸疲乏。
When Yuki relaxed her embouchure too much during rehearsal, the low notes on her saxophone came out breathy and flat.
Yuki 在排練時過度放鬆吹奏嘴型，薩克斯風的低音聽起來又虛又平。
- mouth position
less technical, describes the same concept in plainer language
- lip position
narrower focus than embouchure, which includes the jaw and facial muscles
文法句型
possessive + embouchure
develop + embouchure
用法筆記
Frequently used with possessive determiners (her embouchure, his embouchure) or with an indefinite article (a good embouchure). Common collocations include 'develop', 'work on', and 'improve'. The word typically appears in the singular.