Cornet



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• n. 短号; 圆锥形蛋卷
• ［英］ n. 短号 ( a brass band instrument) ; 圆锥形蛋卷 ( a corn-shaped piece of pastry)
• ［记］ 来自corn ( 角) ;
• ［同］ 参考: corner ( 拐角)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from diminutive of corn horn, from Latin cornu
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a valved brass instrument resembling a trumpet in design and range but having a shorter partly conical tube and less brilliant tone
• 2. something shaped like a cone: as
  • a. a piece of paper twisted for use as a container
  • b. a cone-shaped pastry shell that is often filled with whipped cream
  • c. British an ice-cream cone
• ? cornetist or cornettist noun

II. noun

• Etymology: Middle French cornette woman's headdress with a lappet, pennon, standard, from diminutive of corn
• Date: 1579
• 1. the standard of a cavalry troop
• 2.
  • a. the onetime fifth grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop who carried the standard
  • b. the onetime lowest commissioned rank in the United States cavalry

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