Online Google Dictionary

reed 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/rēd/,
Font size:

reeds, plural;
  1. A tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family that grows in water or on marshy ground

  2. Used in names of similar plants growing in wet habitats, e.g., bur reed

  3. A tall, thin, straight stalk of such a plant, used esp. as material for thatching

  4. Such plants growing in a mass or used as material, esp. for making thatch or household items
    • - a reed curtain
    • - clumps of reed and grass
  5. A rustic musical pipe made from such plants or from straw

  6. A thing or person resembling or likened to such plants, in particular

  7. A weak or impressionable person
    • - the jurors were mere reeds in the wind
  8. An arrow

  9. A weaver's comblike implement for separating the threads of the warp and correctly positioning the weft

  10. Semicylindrical adjacent moldings grouped like reeds laid together

  11. A piece of thin cane or metal, sometimes doubled, that vibrates in a current of air to produce the sound of various musical instruments, as in the mouthpiece of a clarinet or oboe, at the base of some organ pipes, and as part of a set in the accordion and harmonica

  12. A wind instrument played with a reed

  13. An organ stop with reed pipes

  14. An electrical contact used in a magnetically operated switch or relay

  1. tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
  2. United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)
  3. United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
  4. a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece"
  5. beating-reed instrument: a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
  6. (reedy) resembling a reed in being upright and slender
  7. Reed is a UK based, family-owned and run group of companies that places people into temporary and permanent employment across a number of disciplines, including accountancy, administration, computing, education, health care, engineering, and insurance. ...
  8. A reed is a thin strip of material which vibrates to produce a sound on a musical instrument. The reeds of most Woodwind instruments are made from Arundo donax ("Giant cane") or synthetic material; tuned reeds (as in harmonicas and accordions) are made of metal or synthetics.
  9. Reed may be either a surname or given name.
  10. Reed is a generic botanical term used to describe numerous tall, grass-like plants of wet places, which are the namesake vegetation of reed beds. ...
  11. A reed is part of a loom, and resembles a comb. It is used to push the weft yarn securely into place as it is woven, separates the threads and keeps them in their positions, keeping them untangled, and guides the shuttle as it moves across the loom."Reed." The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. ...
  12. Reader (also Reeders) is an unincorporated community in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. Its altitude is 581 feet (177 m), and it is located at (39.3056022, -90.0409405). It is also a ghost town, one of many in Illinois.
  13. Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water; The hollow stem of these plants; Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising of a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician ...
  14. (reeds) plural of reed
  15. (Reeding) The vertical indentation around the edge of a coin.
  16. (Reeding) The reverse of fluting, beaded lines projected onto a surface.
  17. (Reeding) The notching or decoration of the coin edge. Reeding was introduced in the late seventeenth century, and was originally intended to prevent coins from being cut or clipped. ...
  18. (Reeding) Close, parallel rows of convex moldings. The opposite of fluting.
  19. (Reeding) (Furniture) Ornament comprising a group of two or more beads in parallel lines.
  20. (Reeding) A design made up of vertical striations applied to the circumference of the coin’s edge. The product of semi- and fully-automatic coining machines developed in the late 18th century, reeding helps to deter clipping.
  21. (Reeding) Another name for the small grooves on some coins, also called milling and graining.
  22. (Reeding) Carved ornamentation in the form of a series of parallel vertical convex lines. The opposite of fluting. Used on eighteenth century furniture and particularly later eighteenth and nineteenth century chair and table legs.
  23. (Reeding) Carved parallel convex or beaded lines used on bed posts, table and chair legs.
  24. (Reeding) Decoration consisting of parallel convex mouldings touching one another.
  25. (Reeding) Parallel strips of convex flutes found on the legs of chairs and tables.