saxophone

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sax·o·phone /ˈsæksəfəʊn $ -foʊn/ (also sax /sæks/ informal) noun [countable]   APMa curved musical instrument made of metal that you play by blowing into it and pressing buttons, used especially in popular music and jazz 萨克斯管 →5 see picture at 见图 woodwind

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saxophone• In one corner was a cello; in another a saxophone.• Biscoe is a saxophone virtuoso of great lyricism, passion, stamina, and considerable versatility.• I feel good when people tell me I play the flute like a saxophone.• The jazzy clarinet and saxophone solos of Norbert Stachel work well in setting the New Orleans milieu early on as well.• Clyde also brought along his saxophone and sheet music.• Berne started playing saxophone in high school.• Alto and soprano saxophones, clarinet, flute. b Baltimore.• Tenor and soprano saxophones. b. White's Chapel, Oklahoma, 1940.Origin saxophone (1800-1900) French from Adolphe Sax (1814-94), Belgian musician who invented the instrument

sax·o·phone nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus musical a made instrument curved of that metal

saxophone
sax‧o‧phone /ˈsæksəfəʊn $ -foʊn/ (also sax /sæks/ informal) noun [countable]
a curved musical instrument made of metal that you play by blowing into it and pressing buttons, used especially in popular music and jazz

saxo·phoneBrE /ˈsæksəfəʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsæksəfoʊn/ 🔊 (also informal sax) noun

a metal musical instrument that you blow into, used especially in jazz 萨克斯管