reed

IPA/riːd/
KK[rˈid]IPA/riːd/

reed — 名詞

  • reedsingular
  • reedsplural

1. a tall marsh plant with a stiff, tube-like stem, or a stem cut from that plant.

1.名詞B1
釋義

蘆葦

長在水邊的高而硬草本植物

a tall marsh plant with a stiff, tube-like stem, or a stem cut from that plant.

例句

Zuri pushed her kayak through the tall reeds beside the lake.

Zuri 把她的獨木舟推過湖邊高高的蘆葦。

collocation: tall reeds / beside the lake

After the flood, workers cut dried reeds to patch the shed roof.

洪水過後，工人割下乾蘆葦去補那間棚屋的屋頂。

use: cut reeds for building

常見搭配
  • tall reeds
  • a bed of reeds
  • cut reeds
  • reeds by the lake
同義詞
  • rush

    a similar wetland plant, but usually not the main everyday word for the hollow stem plant

  • bulrush

    a more specific wetland plant name, often used in nature writing

文法句型

a reed / reeds

a bed of reeds

用法筆記

Often plural when talking about a patch of these plants. The same word can also mean one hollow stem cut from the plant.

常見錯誤

The duck disappeared into the reed.
The duck disappeared into the reeds.
We usually use the plural when talking about a clump or area of these plants.

2. a small vibrating strip fixed to certain musical instruments so moving air can s

2.名詞B1
釋義

簧片

吹奏時振動發聲的薄片

a small vibrating strip fixed to certain musical instruments so moving air can set it in motion and create a tone.

例句

Tamás fitted a fresh reed onto his clarinet before the lesson.

Tamás 上課前先把一片新的簧片裝到單簧管上。

collocation: fit/replace a reed

The oboe player's reed cracked during the first piece.

那位雙簧管手的簧片在第一首曲子演奏時裂開了。

常見搭配
  • fresh reed
  • cracked reed
  • spare reeds
  • soak a reed

文法句型

a reed

replace a reed

用法筆記

Players often say change, soak, trim, or break a reed. This sense names the vibrating strip itself, not the whole mouthpiece or the whole instrument.

常見錯誤

The clarinet needs a new mouthpiece
The clarinet needs a new reed.
Use 'reed' for the thin vibrating strip, not for the larger part that holds it.

3. a musical instrument, especially a woodwind one, that makes sound by using a vib

3.名詞B2
釋義

簧片樂器

靠簧片振動發聲的樂器

a musical instrument, especially a woodwind one, that makes sound by using a vibrating reed.

例句

Camila switched from flute to reeds when she joined the jazz band.

Camila 加入爵士樂團後，從長笛改吹簧片樂器。

plural shorthand: play reeds

The teacher asked the reeds to begin the concert with a quiet chord.

老師要簧片樂器聲部用安靜的和弦開始這場音樂會。

collective: the reeds = reed section

常見搭配
  • reed instrument
  • the reeds
  • single reeds
  • double reeds
同義詞
  • woodwind

    broader word that also includes instruments such as the flute, which do not use a reed

文法句型

a reed instrument

the reeds

用法筆記

Often heard in the plural in band or orchestra talk, where 'the reeds' means the reed section or the instruments in it. Use sense 2 for the vibrating piece itself.