reed 音标拼音: [r'id]
n . 芦苇,芦笛,簧,不可依靠的人
vt . 用芦苇盖,装簧片于
芦苇,芦笛,簧,不可依靠的人用芦苇盖,装簧片於
reed n 1 :
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites 2 :
United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917 ;
founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919 ;
is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (
1887 -
1920 ) [
synonym : {
Reed }, {
John Reed }]
3 :
United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (
1851 -
1902 ) [
synonym : {
Reed }, {
Walter Reed }]
4 :
a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it ; "
the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece " [
synonym :
{
reed }, {
vibrating reed }]
5 :
a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed [
synonym : {
beating -
reed instrument }, {
reed instrument }, {
reed }]
Reed \
Reed \ (
r [=
e ]
d ),
a .
Red . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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Reed \
Reed \,
v . &
n .
Same as {
Rede }. [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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Reed \
Reed \,
n .
The fourth stomach of a ruminant ;
rennet . [
Prov .
Eng .
or Scot .]
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Reed \
Reed \,
n . [
AS .
hre ['
o ]
d ;
akin to D .
riet ,
G .
riet ,
ried ,
OHG .
kriot ,
riot .]
1 . (
Bot .)
A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants ,
and their slender ,
often jointed ,
stems ,
such as the various kinds of bamboo ,
and especially the common reed of Europe and North America ({
Phragmites communis }).
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2 .
A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant ;
a rustic or pastoral pipe .
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Arcadian pipe ,
the pastoral reed Of Hermes . --
Milton .
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3 .
An arrow ,
as made of a reed . --
Prior .
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4 .
Straw prepared for thatching a roof . [
Prov .
Eng .]
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5 . (
Mus .)
(
a )
A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments ,
and set in vibration by the breath .
In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed ;
in the oboe and bassoon it is double ,
forming a compressed tube .
(
b )
One of the thin pieces of metal ,
the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon ,
accordeon ,
harmonium ,
or seraphine ;
also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ .
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6 . (
Weaving )
A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed ,
between which the warp threads pass ,
set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft ;
a sley .
See {
Batten }.
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7 . (
Mining )
A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting .
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8 . (
Arch .)
Same as {
Reeding }.
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{
Egyptian reed } (
Bot .),
the papyrus .
{
Free reed } (
Mus .),
a reed whose edges do not overlap the wind passage , --
used in the harmonium ,
concertina ,
etc .
It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of the organ and clarinet .
{
Meadow reed grass } (
Bot .),
the {
Glyceria aquatica },
a tall grass found in wet places .
{
Reed babbler }.
See {
Reedbird }.
{
Reed bunting } (
Zool .)
A European sparrow ({
Emberiza sch [
oe ]
niclus })
which frequents marshy places ; --
called also {
reed sparrow }, {
ring bunting }.
(
b )
Reedling .
{
Reed canary grass } (
Bot .),
a tall wild grass ({
Phalaris arundinacea }).
{
Reed grass }. (
Bot .)
(
a )
The common reed .
See {
Reed },
1 .
(
b )
A plant of the genus {
Sparganium };
bur reed .
See under {
Bur }.
{
Reed organ } (
Mus .),
an organ in which the wind acts on a set of free reeds ,
as the harmonium ,
melodeon ,
concertina ,
etc .
{
Reed pipe } (
Mus .),
a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed .
{
Reed sparrow }. (
Zool .)
See {
Reed bunting },
above .
{
Reed stop } (
Mus .),
a set of pipes in an organ furnished with reeds .
{
Reed warbler }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A small European warbler ({
Acrocephalus streperus });
--
called also {
reed wren }.
(
b )
Any one of several species of Indian and Australian warblers of the genera {
Acrocephalus }, {
Calamoherpe },
and {
Arundinax }.
They are excellent singers .
{
Sea -
sand reed } (
Bot .),
a kind of coarse grass ({
Ammophila arundinacea }).
See {
Beach grass },
under {
Beach }.
{
Wood reed grass } (
Bot .),
a tall ,
elegant grass ({
Cinna arundinacea }),
common in moist woods .
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Reedbird 161 Moby Thesaurus words for "
reed ":
English horn ,
Pandean pipe ,
adjutage ,
aerophone ,
aftergrass ,
anthrophore ,
arrow ,
arrowhead ,
aulos ,
axis ,
bamboo ,
barb ,
basset horn ,
basset oboe ,
bassoon ,
bell ,
bobtailed arrow ,
bole ,
bolt ,
bombard ,
cambric tea ,
cane ,
carpophore ,
catheter ,
caudex ,
caulicle ,
caulis ,
cereal ,
cereal plant ,
chested arrow ,
clarinet ,
cloth yard shaft ,
cobweb ,
contrabassoon ,
contrafagotto ,
corn ,
cromorne ,
culm ,
dart ,
dishwater ,
double bassoon ,
double reed ,
drainpipe ,
efflux tube ,
embouchure ,
farinaceous plant ,
fife ,
fipple flute ,
fire hose ,
flageolet ,
flight ,
flue pipe ,
flute ,
fog ,
footstalk ,
forage grass ,
funicule ,
funiculus ,
funnel ,
garden hose ,
gas pipe ,
gossamer ,
grain ,
graminaceous plant ,
grass ,
gruel ,
hair ,
haulm ,
hautboy ,
heckelphone ,
horn ,
hornpipe ,
hose ,
hosepipe ,
house of cards ,
key ,
lawn grass ,
leafstalk ,
licorice stick ,
lip ,
matchwood ,
milk and water ,
mouthpiece ,
musette ,
nipple ,
oaten reed ,
oboe ,
oboe da caccia ,
ocarina ,
organ pipe ,
ornamental grass ,
panpipe ,
pedicel ,
peduncle ,
penny -
whistle ,
petiole ,
petiolule ,
petiolus ,
piccolo ,
pipe ,
pipeline ,
pipette ,
piping ,
pommer ,
quarrel ,
recorder ,
reed instrument ,
reed pipe ,
rope of sand ,
sand castle ,
sax ,
saxophone ,
seedstalk ,
shaft ,
shawm ,
siamese ,
siamese connection ,
single reed ,
single -
reed instrument ,
siphon ,
slide ,
snorkel ,
soil pipe ,
sonorophone ,
spear ,
spire ,
stalk ,
standpipe ,
steam pipe ,
stem ,
stipe ,
stock ,
straw ,
sweet potato ,
syrinx ,
tabor pipe ,
tap ,
tenoroon ,
thread ,
tigella ,
tin -
whistle ,
tooter ,
trunk ,
tube ,
tubing ,
tubulation ,
tubule ,
tubulet ,
tubulure ,
valve ,
volley ,
waste pipe ,
water ,
water pipe ,
whistle ,
wind ,
wind instrument ,
woods ,
woodwind ,
woodwind choir ,
woodwind instrument Reed (
1 .) "
Paper reeds " (
Isa .
19 :
7 ;
R .
V ., "
reeds ").
Heb . '
aroth ,
properly green herbage growing in marshy places .
(
2 .)
Heb .
kaneh (
1 Kings 14 :
15 ;
Job 40 :
21 ;
Isa .
19 :
6 ),
whence the Gr .
kanna ,
a "
cane ,"
a generic name for a reed of any kind .
The reed of Egypt and Palestine is the Arundo donax ,
which grows to the height of 12 feet ,
its stalk jointed like the bamboo , "
with a magnificent panicle of blossom at the top ,
and so slender and yielding that it will lie perfectly flat under a gust of wind ,
and immediately resume its upright position ."
It is used to illustrate weakness (
2 Kings 18 :
21 ;
Ezek .
29 :
6 ),
also fickleness or instability (
Matt .
11 :
7 ;
comp .
Eph .
4 :
14 ).
A "
bruised reed " (
Isa .
42 :
3 ;
Matt .
12 :
20 )
is an emblem of a believer weak in grace .
A reed was put into our Lord '
s hands in derision (
Matt .
27 :
29 );
and "
they took the reed and smote him on the head " (
30 ).
The "
reed "
on which they put the sponge filled with vinegar (
Matt .
27 :
48 )
was ,
according to John (
19 :
29 ),
a hyssop stalk ,
which must have been of some length ,
or perhaps a bunch of hyssop twigs fastened to a rod with the sponge . (
See {
CANE }.)
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