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单词 sax
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sax1

noun sakssæks
informal
  • 1A saxophone.

    萨克斯管

    alto sax
    as modifier a sax solo
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Later, when I was a little older, I joined his orchestra, playing alto sax and clarinet.
    • The best moments come courtesy of Rinne, whose multitracked ensembles and solos on soprano sax and bass clarinet are always well judged.
    • One of my favorite sax solos on the record was cut live that way.
    • Over the years, he has become adept on alto and soprano saxes, value trombone, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet, cornet, and various clarinets.
    • His exquisite phrasing is heard frequently on 16-or 32-bar alto sax solos, and occasionally on trumpet and clarinet.
    • Squealing keyboard lines duel with harsh sax solos, but it's the drumming that ultimately comes up victorious.
    • The sax and swung ride cymbal suggest sexuality, but the lyrics never make it explicit.
    • But they stipulated that there were to be no drums or even electronic simulations of drums, and no trumpets, although French horns, soprano saxes and electric violins were perfectly okay.
    • On some tracks he has his friends lay very minimal flute, sax or guitar lines.
    • Curiously, he includes three thick multi-tracked saxophone pieces on this album seemingly dedicated to a magnification of the sax's more minute phenomenon and to the distinctive solo voice.
    • On the heels of a serpentine bass clarinet solo, the piece ends with sax, trombone, and clarinet wailing against a massive brew of drums, congas, and bass.
    • The song bolts out with an anticipatory, pulsing rhythm under a soprano sax solo.
    • This leads to a nice soprano sax solo, and the tune is well within the domain of standard fusion.
    • Similarly, Tom on trumpet & flugelhorn, and Carlos on alto sax, are used for coloration far more often that they are given the spotlight.
    • The track is partially redeemed by another great sax solo, but otherwise seems very much out-of-place and closes the album on a sour note.
    • I'm always a sucker for a good horn section, so the trombone, trumpet and sax were a welcome sight and sound.
    • He first came into contact with music aged nine, when he learned to play the alto sax, but it was his encounter with electronic instruments, at the age of twelve, during a summer arts camps, that defined the realm in which he now evolves.
    • A muted, tinkling presence throughout, the piano is accompanied by the voices of melancholy oboe and sax.
    • Most of the focus is on piano and voice, although violin, viola, cello, sax, and flute are also heard - there's no missing Antony's thoughtful words.
    • There's a stunning, uncredited sax solo and a quirky contrapuntal bit for the trombones.
    1. 1.1 A saxophone player.
      萨克斯管吹奏者
      tenor saxes Alan Thompson and Sue Ferris
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Though Underhill admits his band of three saxes, a crazy bassist, and a dancing drummer is getting on in years, he claims they've still got that old verve.
      • One of the tenor saxes also played the lead in unison with the clarinet, but an octave lower.

Derivatives

  • saxist

  • noun
    informal
    • Our erstwhile ska hardliners are now essentially a four-piece, with saxist Lorraine front and centre handling vocal duty.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This series of 11 improvised duets with Toronto saxist Brodie West is a rambunctious pleasure.
      • Montreal saxist Miller reaches into the collective subconscious for inspiration on his third album.
      • B.J., Andy, and Joe would play their guitars, Alex would be our saxist, Chelsea would be the keyboardist, and you and I would be the lead singers.
      • And he also fell under the sway of Crouch, as well as the alto saxist Arthur Blythe and, a bit later, David Murray, who played tenor sax and bass clarinet.

Origin

Early 20th century: abbreviation.

Rhymes

axe (US ax), Backs, Bax, fax, flax, lax, max, pax, Sachs, saxe, tax, wax

sax2

(also zax)
noun sakssæks
  • A small axe used for cutting roof slates, with a point for making nail holes.

    石板斧(石板瓦工用的凿刀)

Origin

Old English seax 'knife', of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root meaning 'cut'.

sax1

nounsækssaks
informal
  • A saxophone.

    萨克斯管

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'm always a sucker for a good horn section, so the trombone, trumpet and sax were a welcome sight and sound.
    • Later, when I was a little older, I joined his orchestra, playing alto sax and clarinet.
    • Similarly, Tom on trumpet & flugelhorn, and Carlos on alto sax, are used for coloration far more often that they are given the spotlight.
    • His exquisite phrasing is heard frequently on 16-or 32-bar alto sax solos, and occasionally on trumpet and clarinet.
    • This leads to a nice soprano sax solo, and the tune is well within the domain of standard fusion.
    • The best moments come courtesy of Rinne, whose multitracked ensembles and solos on soprano sax and bass clarinet are always well judged.
    • Over the years, he has become adept on alto and soprano saxes, value trombone, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet, cornet, and various clarinets.
    • He first came into contact with music aged nine, when he learned to play the alto sax, but it was his encounter with electronic instruments, at the age of twelve, during a summer arts camps, that defined the realm in which he now evolves.
    • The song bolts out with an anticipatory, pulsing rhythm under a soprano sax solo.
    • Squealing keyboard lines duel with harsh sax solos, but it's the drumming that ultimately comes up victorious.
    • One of my favorite sax solos on the record was cut live that way.
    • The track is partially redeemed by another great sax solo, but otherwise seems very much out-of-place and closes the album on a sour note.
    • A muted, tinkling presence throughout, the piano is accompanied by the voices of melancholy oboe and sax.
    • But they stipulated that there were to be no drums or even electronic simulations of drums, and no trumpets, although French horns, soprano saxes and electric violins were perfectly okay.
    • The sax and swung ride cymbal suggest sexuality, but the lyrics never make it explicit.
    • On some tracks he has his friends lay very minimal flute, sax or guitar lines.
    • Most of the focus is on piano and voice, although violin, viola, cello, sax, and flute are also heard - there's no missing Antony's thoughtful words.
    • There's a stunning, uncredited sax solo and a quirky contrapuntal bit for the trombones.
    • Curiously, he includes three thick multi-tracked saxophone pieces on this album seemingly dedicated to a magnification of the sax's more minute phenomenon and to the distinctive solo voice.
    • On the heels of a serpentine bass clarinet solo, the piece ends with sax, trombone, and clarinet wailing against a massive brew of drums, congas, and bass.

Origin

Early 20th century: abbreviation.

sax2

(also zax)
nounsækssaks
  • A small ax used for cutting roof slates, with a point for making nail holes.

    石板斧(石板瓦工用的凿刀)

Origin

Old English seax ‘knife’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘cut’.

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