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n. 号笛, 号笛舞曲, 号笛舞



    hornpipe
    [ noun ]
    1. a British solo dance performed by sailors

    2. <noun.act>
    3. music for dancing the hornpipe

    4. <noun.communication>
    5. an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone

    6. <noun.artifact>


    Hornpipe \Horn"pipe`\, n. (Mus.)
    (a) An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales,
    consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It
    was so called because the bell at the open end was
    sometimes made of horn.
    (b) A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune
    adapted for such playing.

    Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis. --Sir W.
    Raleigh.
    (c) A dance performed, usually by one person, to such a tune,
    and popular among sailors.

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