windway

windway — 名詞

1. a narrow channel inside a wind instrument — especially a pipe organ or a recorde

1.名詞C1
釋義

風道

樂器內導引氣流的狹窄通道

a narrow channel inside a wind instrument — especially a pipe organ or a recorder — through which air is guided to produce a musical sound; the shape and condition of the windway affect the tone and clarity of the note.

例句

Dust in a recorder's windway can make the sound breathy and weak.

直笛的風道裡只要有一小塊灰塵，就會讓音色聽起來又悶又弱。

windway as location affected by debris

Before the concert, the organist ran a feather through each windway to remove any debris.

音樂會前，管風琴師用羽毛清掃每一條風道，除去任何碎屑。

preposition: through the windway

常見搭配
  • blocked windway
  • clean the windway
  • windway design
  • narrow windway
  • windway channel
同義詞
  • flue

    specific to organ pipes and some woodwind instruments; more technical than 'windway'

  • air passage

    more general and non-technical; used for any channel through which air moves

  • channel

    broader term; describes the shape without specifying its purpose

文法句型

countable noun; often preceded by determiner

用法筆記

This term is almost never used in everyday conversation; it belongs to the specialist vocabulary of organ builders, recorder makers, and musicologists. The general public is more likely to use 'air passage' or 'channel'.

常見錯誤

The windway blew hard through the trees.
The wind blew hard through the trees.
'windway' is a technical term for an instrument part, not a synonym for 'wind' or 'pathway'.
I cleared the windway in my nose.
I cleared my nasal passage.
'windway' does not refer to any part of the human body.

常見搭配

名詞搭配

常用片語

  • clean the windway
  • blocked windway
  • carve the windway
  • check the windway

介系詞搭配

  • through the windway
  • inside the windway
  • in the windway