Cornet

['kɔːnɪt] or ['kɔrnɪt]

解释:

(noun.) a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves.

整理:梅--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.

(n.) A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-a-piston.

(n.) A certain organ stop or register.

(n.) A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.

(n.) A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.

(n.) The standard of such a troop.

(n.) The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.

(n.) A headdress

(n.) A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.

(n.) A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.

(n.) See Coronet, 2.

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