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ldoce_353_fwood·wind /ˈwʊdˌwɪnd/ noun  1  APM[uncountable] musical instruments made of wood or metal that you play by blowing and that usually have finger holes or keys 木管乐器 → brass, percussion, stringed instrument, wind instrument woodwind instruments such as the flute or saxophone 木管乐器，如长笛和萨克斯管 →5  See picture of recorder 竖笛, piccolo 短笛, flute 长笛 ...2. woodwinds [plural] (also the woodwind (section)) the people in an orchestra or band who play woodwind instruments 〔管弦乐队的〕木管乐器组

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woodwind• We will now lay out various chords for double woodwind and two horns.• The large gap between the bassoons and the next woodwind part above is filled by the brass.• Strings sound silky but not close and the woodwind come to us from a perfectly judged distance.• It sparkled throughout with some graceful playing by the soloist plus great elegance and finesse from the woodwind.• It can be used as an inner voice in the woodwind ensemble, but tends to be obtrusive.• Now the secretive whistler with the woodwind song was revealed.• The woodwind can only be used for doubling notes which are already present in the brass.• The woodwind maintained a perfect pitch and, like the strings and brass, produced a consistently voluptuous sound.Origin woodwind (1800-1900) Because originally the instruments were all made of wood

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woodwind
wood‧wind /ˈwʊdˌwɪnd/ noun1. [uncountable] musical instruments made of wood or metal that you play by blowing and that usually have finger holes or keys ⇨ brass, percussion, stringed instrument, wind instrument:
    woodwind instruments such as the flute or saxophone
2. woodwinds [plural] (also the woodwind (section)) the people in an orchestra or band who play woodwind instruments

wood·windBrE /ˈwʊdwɪnd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwʊdwɪnd/ 🔊 noun [uncountable + singular or plural verb] (also wood·winds [plural] )

the group of musical instruments in an orchestra that are mostly made of wood or metal and are played by blowing. Flutes, clarinets and bassoons are all woodwind instruments. （管弦乐团的）木管乐器，木管乐器组◆the woodwind section of the orchestra管弦乐队的木管乐器组  ➡  compare brass (2) , percussion (1) , string noun (5) , string (6) , wind1 noun (4) , wind instrument