noun
1a musical instrument with a nasal tone produced by a vibrating membrane, typically a toy instrument resembling a kazoo
膜管, 薄膜乐器(尤指像卡佐笛的玩具乐器)。
2chiefly US another term for
CHAYOTE (in sense 1).
词源
early 19th cent.: from French, 'reed pipe', of imitative origin.