| [/hɔːn; hɔrn/] n 用法:
1 (a) [C] bony outgrowth, usu curved and pointed and one of a pair, on the heads of cattle, deer, rams and various other animals （牛、 鹿、 羊等动物的）角. =>illus at sheep 见sheep插图.
(b) [U] hard smooth substance of which this is made 角质. 用法:
2 [C] any of the various wind instruments with a trumpet-shaped end （乐器中的）号:
a French `horn 法国号 *
a `hunting horn 猎号. 用法:
3 [C] device for sounding a warning signal 示警装置:
a `car horn 汽车喇叭 *
sound the horn to alert a cyclist 向骑自行车的人鸣喇叭示警 *
(joc 谑) He's got a voice like a `fog-horn. 他嗓音像雾号, 又粗又响. 用法:
4 [C] thing resembling an animal's horn, eg the projection on the head of a snail 像动物的角之物（如蜗牛的触角）. 用法:
5 [C] either of the ends of the crescent moon （新月的）钩尖. 用法:
6 (idm 习语) draw in one's horns => draw2. on the horns of a di`lemma faced with a choice betwen things that are equally undesirable 进退维谷. take the bull by the horns => bull1. horn 2
v (phr v) horn in (on sth) (sl 俚) join in (an attractive or a profitable undertaking, etc) without being invited; intrude 强行介入（有吸引力的或有利可图的事情等）; 闯入. |