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horn

美音:[hɔ:n ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.(牛、羊等的)角,喇叭,触角 v.装角
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horn为高中词汇   词频:4355

词形变化:

名词:hornist 动词过去式:horned 过去分词:horned 现在分词:horning 第三人称单数:horns

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horn


/hɔ:n; hɔrn/
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、羊等动物的)角. =>illus at sheep 见sheep插图.
(b) [U] hard smooth substance of which this is made 角质.
2 [C] any of the various wind instruments with a trumpet-shaped end (乐器中的)号
*a French `horn 法国号
* a `hunting horn 猎号.
3 [C] device for sounding a warning signal 示警装置
*a `car horn 汽车喇叭
* sound the horn to alert a cyclist 向骑自行车的人鸣喇叭示警
* (joc 谑) He's got a voice like a `fog-horn. 他嗓音像雾号, 又粗又响.
4 [C] thing resembling an animal's horn, eg the projection on the head of a snail 像动物的角之物(如蜗牛的触角).
5 [C] either of the ends of the crescent moon (新月的)钩尖.
6 (idm 习语) draw in one's horns => draw2. on the horns of a di`lemma faced with a choice betwen things that are equally undesirable 进退维谷. take the bull by the horns => bull1.

v (phr v) horn in (on sth) (sl 俚) join in (an attractive or a profitable undertaking, etc) without being invited; intrude 强行介入(有吸引力的或有利可图的事情等); 闯入.

horn


Horn
the Horn
Cape Horn
1. The taxi driver blew his horn to tell us that he had arrived.
    出租汽车司机按喇叭告诉我们他到了。

2. The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.
    宁静突然被打破,一辆大轿车亮着前灯,响着喇叭,呼啸着冲进了拱廊街,

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