c. 1400, "A wind instrument made of wood and provided with six finger holes" [Middle English Dictionary], from Old French cornet (14c.) "a small horn," diminutive of corn "a horn," from Latin cornu "horn," from PIE *ker- (1) "horn; head, uppermost part of the body" (see horn (n.)). Modern use is short for cornet-à-pistons "cornet with pistons."
The quality of the tone is penetrating and unsympathetic, by no means equal to that of the trumpet, for which it is commonly substituted. ["cornet" entry in "Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia," 1902]
双语例句
1. He played the cornet in the school band.
他在学校乐队吹奏短号.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The cornet is marking the time.
号角打着拍子.
来自辞典例句
3. Are you the widow of the killed Cornet Melekhov?
你是被杀的米列霍夫少尉的遗孀 吗 ?
来自电影对白
4. I see her sitting in the cornet staring at that girl.
