a woodwind instrument with a single-reed mouthpiece, a cylindrical tube of dark wood with a flared end, and holes stopped by keys. The most common forms are tuned in B flat, A, and E flat 单簧管,黑管(最常见的以降B,A和降E调吹奏) ■an organ stop with a tone resembling that of a clarinet 具有类似单簧管音质的管风琴音栓
派生 clarinettist noun
(美 clarinetist)
语源
mid 18th cent.: from French clarinette, diminutive of c̣larine, denoting a kind of bell; related to clarion