horn
n
1
(a) [C] bony outgrowth, usu curved and pointed and one of a pair, on the heads of cattle, deer, rams and various other animals (牛、 鹿、 羊等動物的)角. =>illus at sheep 見sheep插圖.
(b) [U] hard smooth substance of which this is made 角質.
2 [C] any of the various wind instruments with a trumpet-shaped end (樂器中的)號
a French `horn 法國號 * a `hunting horn 獵號.
3 [C] device for sounding a warning signal 示警裝置: a `car horn 汽車喇叭
sound the horn to alert a cyclist 向騎自行車的人鳴喇叭示警
(joc 謔) He's got a voice like a `fog-horn. 他嗓音像霧號, 又粗又響.
4 [C] thing resembling an animal's horn, eg the projection on the head of a snail 像動物的角之物(如蝸牛的觸角).
5 [C] either of the ends of the crescent moon (新月的)鉤尖.
6 (idm 習語) draw in one's horns => draw2. on the horns of a di`lemma faced with a choice betwen things that are equally undesirable 進退維谷. take the bull by the horns => bull1. horn, v (phr v) horn in (on sth) (sl 俚) join in (an attractive or a profitable undertaking, etc) without being invited; intrude 強行介入(有吸引力的或有利可圖的事情等); 闖入.
?? 考研助記
號(諧音):他們吹響了勝利的 號角 用玉米(corn)做的喇叭(h)也是 喇叭
?? 擴展釋義
*[h?:n]n. 角, 角質, 喇叭, 號角a. 角制的vt. 用角觸, 長角于【醫】 角相關詞組: horn in lift up one's horn take a horn
?? 醫學釋義
①角 ②角形揚聲器
?? 同為「高中」詞匯
flatadj. 平的;單調的;不景氣的;干脆的;
adv. (尤指貼著另一表面)平直地;斷然地;水平地;直接地,完全地;
n. 平地;公寓;平面;
vt. 使變平;[音樂]使(音調)下降,尤指降半音;
vi. 逐漸變平;[音樂]以降調唱(或奏);