英语词汇“peck horn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

peck horn

释义

peck horn Jazz slang.|ˈpɛk hɔːn|
Also with hyphen and as one word.
[Origin uncertain.]
A mellophone, saxophone, or similar instrument.
1936Amer. Mercury May p. x/2 Peck horn, mellophone.1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §377/8 (Alto) peck horn, an alto horn or mellophone.1948Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. 705 It [sc. jive] arose in the honky-tonks and tingle-tangles of the pre-jazz era, and many of its current names for musical instruments go back to that era or even beyond, e.g.,..pretzel or peck⁓horn for a French horn.1961Down Beat 13 Apr. 37 This set contains a good sampling of his abilities on trumpet, alto, baritone, and the oddball peckhorn.1966New Yorker 25 June 44/2 The band generally had two trombones, three trumpets, a bass horn and a baritone horn, a peck horn, a clarinet.Ibid. 46/3 From the age of eight I played the upright alto—the peck horn—in my father's band.1970C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 90 Peck horn,..mellophone or saxophone.1975Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 12 July 47/1 Straight band singers were unknown in the Twenties—everyone, even Bing Crosby, had an instrument to hold. ‘I had a peckhorn, like a flugel⁓horn.’

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