horn
1. a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
2. one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
3. a noise made by the driver of an automobile to give warning;
4. a high pommel of a Western saddle (usually metal covered with leather)
同义词:saddle horn
5. a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
同义词:cornet, trumpet, trump
6. any hard protuberance from the head of an organism that is similar to or suggestive of a horn
7. the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails
8. an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound
9. a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
同义词:French horn
10. a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
同义词:automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, hooter
动词horn:
1. stab or pierce with a horn or tusk
同义词:tusk
- 习惯用语
- at the horn 被宣布不受法律保护
- blow one's own horn 自吹自擂
- bore for the hollow horn [美口](给做事糊涂的人)开开脑筋
- on the horns of a dilemma 进退维谷, 左右为难
- between the horns of a dilemma 进退维谷, 左右为难
- draw in one's horns 退缩, 软化, 克制自己
- pull in one's horns 退缩, 软化, 克制自己
- haul in one's horns 退缩, 软化, 克制自己
- give horns to sb. 叫某人戴绿帽子
- lift up the horn 得意忘形, 趾高气扬 反抗
- lock horns (with) [美]抵触, 冲突, 斗争, 较量 肉搏, 短兵相接
- lower one's horn 卑躬屈膝, 收敛气焰; 俯就
- one's horn is exalted 洋洋得意, 趾高气扬
- put sb. to the horn 【史】宣布(某人)不受法律保护
- denounce sb. to the horn 【史】宣布(某人)不受法律保护
- raise the horn [古]狂妄自大; 趾高气扬
- show one's horns 露出凶相
- take a horn [俚]饮一杯酒
- toot one's own horn [美口]自吹自擂
- wear horns 戴绿帽子
- wind the horn 吹号角, 吹喇叭 嗡嗡叫(指昆虫)
- horn and corn [废]牲畜和饲料
- horn in [美俚]闯入; 打扰; 插话, 插嘴
- horn of abundance 丰饶之角 五谷丰登
- horn of plenty 丰饶之角 五谷丰登
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(牛、羊等的)角, 喇叭, 触角

