解释
- n. 木笛的前身；中世纪的双簧管
※ 提供单词"shawm"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
英文词源
- shawm (n.)
- "medieval oboe-like instrument," mid-14c., schalmeis (plural), also schallemele (late 14c.), from Old French chalemie, chalemel, from Late Latin calamellus, literally "a small reed," diminutive of Latin calamus "reed," from Greek kalamos, from PIE *kole-mo- "grass, reed" (cognates: Old English healm "straw," Latin culmus "stalk"). Mistaken as a plural and trimmed of its "-s" ending from mid-15c. Related: Shawmist.