c. 1400, "A wind instrument made of wood and provided with six finger holes" [Middle English Dictionary], from Old French cornet (14c.) "a small horn," diminutive of corn "a horn," from Latin cornu "horn," from PIE *ker- (1) "horn; head, uppermost part of the body" (see horn (n.)). Modern use is short for cornet-à-pistons "cornet with pistons."
The quality of the tone is penetrating and unsympathetic, by no means equal to that of the trumpet, for which it is commonly substituted. ["cornet" entry in "Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia," 1902]
权威例句
1. He played the cornet in the school band.
他在学校乐队吹奏短号.
2. The cornet is marking the time.
号角打着拍子.
3. Are you the widow of the killed Cornet Melekhov?
你是被杀的米列霍夫少尉的遗孀 吗 ?
4. I see her sitting in the cornet staring at that girl.