名詞 reed:

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)
   同義詞：John Reed
3. United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
   同義詞：Walter Reed
4. a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
   同義詞：vibrating reed
5. a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
   同義詞：beating-reed instrument, reed instrument

1. I think he was a good friend but when I really needed his help he was showing to be a break reed.
   我以為他是個好朋友，可是當(dāng)我真的需要他的幫助時，他卻一點也靠不住。
2. A wind instrument of the Renaissance with a curving tube and a double reed.
   雙簧彎管文藝復(fù)興時期的一種帶有一個彎曲的吹管和雙簧片的管樂器
3. A16-foot reed stop on an organ.
   風(fēng)琴的十六音步簧
4. There are some reeds in the pond.
   池塘里有些蘆葦。

reed

n.（名詞）

Any of various tall perennial grasses, especially of the generaPhragmites or Arundo, having hollow stems, broad leaves, and large plumelike terminal panicles.
蘆葦：多年生高大禾本科植物中任一種，尤指蘆葦屬禾本科 和 蘆葦屬 的植物，有中空的莖、寬闊的葉片、羽狀頂生大圓錐花序
The stalk of any of these plants.
蘆葦桿：這些植物中任一種的莖桿
A collection of these stalks:
大量的蘆葦桿：
例句：
reed for making baskets.
用來編籃子的蘆葦桿

Music A primitive wind instrument made of a hollow reed stalk.
【音樂】 蘆笛：用空心蘆葦桿制成的原始吹奏樂器
Music
【音樂】
A flexible strip of cane or metal set into the mouthpiece or air opening of certain instruments to produce tone by vibrating in response to a stream of air.
簧片：一節(jié)有彈性的置于某些樂器的吹口或通氣口中的竹片或金屬，隨著氣流振動而發(fā)聲
An instrument, such as an oboe or a clarinet, that is fitted with a reed.
簧樂器：配有簧片的樂器，如雙簧管或單簧管
A narrow, movable frame fitted with reed or metal strips that separate the warp threads in weaving.
笳：裝有葦條或金屬條的狹窄的可移動的框子，在紡織中用于分開經(jīng)紗
Architecture A reeding.
【建筑學(xué)】 蘆飾

來源：
Middle English rede
中古英語 rede
from Old English hrôod
源自 古英語 hrôod