reed

reed
noun

a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family, which grows in water or on marshy ground
芦苇
Genera Phragmites and Arundo, family Gramineae: several species, in particular the common or Norfolk reed (P. australis), which is used for thatching
芦苇属及芦竹属，禾本科：数种，尤指南方芦苇，拉丁名P.australis
■used in names of similar plants growing in wet habitats, e.g. bur-reed
芦苇似的湿地植物（如黑三棱属植物）
■a tall, thin, straight stalk of such a plant, used especially as material for thatching
芦苇秆
■[mass noun][often as modifier]such plants growing in a mass or used as material, especially for making thatch or household items
芦苇丛；（尤指盖屋顶或制作家用物品的）芦苇料
a reed curtain.
芦苇编成的窗帘。
clumps of reed and grass.
芦草丛。
■(poetic/literary)a rustic musical pipe made from such plants or from straw
(诗／文)芦笛
■[mass noun](Brit.)straw used for thatching
(英)（盖屋顶用）茅草
a thing or person resembling or likened to such plants, in particular
与芦苇相似的人或物，尤指
■a weak or impressionable person
脆弱的人；随风倒的人
the jurors were mere reeds in the wind.
这些陪审员只是随风倒的人。
■(poetic/literary)an arrow
(诗／文)箭，矢
■a weaver's comb-like implement for separating the threads of the warp and correctly positioning the weft
筘，钢箍
■(reeds)a set of semi-cylindrical adjacent mouldings like reeds laid together
小凸嵌线脚，芦苇形线脚
a piece of thin cane or metal, sometimes doubled, which vibrates in a current of air to produce the sound of various musical instruments, as in the mouthpiece of a clarinet or oboe, at the base of some organ pipes, and as part of a set in the accordion and harmonium
簧舌，簧片
■a wind instrument played with a reed
簧乐器
■an organ stop with reed pipes
管风琴簧管栓
an electrical contact used in a magnetically operated switch or relay
（磁性继电器或磁力开关）接触器

常用词组
a broken reed

a weak or ineffectual person
脆弱的人；无用的人

(as) slim as a reed

(of a person) very slim
（人）纤细的，苗条的

语源

Old English hrēod, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch riet and German Ried

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