搜尋結果
horn
- IPA[hôrn]
美式
- a hard permanent outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, goats, giraffes, etc. and consisting of a core of bone encased in keratinized skin.；a woolly keratinized outgrowth, occurring singly or one behind another, on the snout of a rhinoceros.
- (of an animal) butt or gore (someone or something) with the horns.
noun: horn, plural noun: horns
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a hard permanent outgrowth, often curved and pointed, found in pairs on the heads of cattle, sheep, goats, giraffes, etc. and consisting of a core of bone encased in keratinized skin.
- ▪ a woolly keratinized outgrowth, occurring singly or one behind another, on the snout of a rhinoceros.
- ▪ a deer's antler.
- ▪ a projection resembling a horn on the head of another animal, e.g., a snail's tentacle or the tuft of a horned owl.
- ▪ archaic a pair of horns as an emblem of a cuckold.
- 2. the substance of which horns are composed powdered rhino horn
- ▪ a receptacle or instrument made of horn, such as a drinking container or powder flask.
- 3. a horn-shaped projection.
- ▪ a sharp promontory or mountain peak.
- ▪ a raised projection on the pommel of a Western saddle slung from the horn of his saddle was a leather bag
- ▪ Cape Horn.
- ▪ an arm or branch of a river or bay.
- ▪ each of the extremities of a crescent moon.
- ▪ British vulgar slang an erect penis.
- 4. a wind instrument, conical in shape or wound into a spiral, originally made from an animal horn (now typically brass) and played by lip vibration.
- ▪ short for French horn
- 5. an instrument sounding a warning or other signal a car horn
動詞
- 1. (of an animal) butt or gore (someone or something) with the horns.
