Reed | Definition In The English-Vietnamese Dictionary

Translation of reed – English–Vietnamese dictionary

reed

 noun  /riːd/ Add to word list Add to word list ● a kind of tall, stiff grass growing on wet or marshy ground cây sậy reeds along a riverbank. ● a thin piece of cane or metal in certain wind instruments (eg the oboe, clarinet) which vibrates and makes a sound when the instrument is played ống sáo bằng sậy I need to replace the reed in my saxophone.

(Translation of reed from the PASSWORD English-Vietnamese Dictionary © 2015 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of reed

reed Heath, cotton grass and reeds covered the land and the riverbank. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sections of the trail are on land going through the reeds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We see reeds and rushes where before there was pasture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of the loam buildings, the wooden poles and the reeds represented the inflammable materials. From the Cambridge English Corpus The reeds made the marsh very difficult for enemies to travel through; only small boats that were driven by poles could navigate the area. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Other hydraulophones have one or more reeds, which vibrate in a stream of water. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They receive the honorific titles of the deities, which they proclaim into the four directions, holding reeds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Of final note, the marsh reeds at the back of the stage are actually inflatable, which allows for easier transport between performance locations. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. B1

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in Chinese (Traditional) 蘆葦（稈）, （吹奏樂器的）簧片，簧舌… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 芦苇（杆）, （吹奏乐器的）簧片，簧舌… See more in Spanish caña, junco, junco [masculine… See more in Portuguese junco, cana, caniço… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian （植物）アシ, ヨシ, 葦（あし）… See more kamış, saz, kamış ağızlık… See more roseau [masculine], roseau, anche… See more canya, jonc… See more riet… See more rákos, plátek… See more rør, rørgræs, rørblad… See more buluh, pipa… See more ต้นไม้จำพวกอ้อหรือกก, ขลุ่ย… See more trzcina, stroik… See more vass, rörblad… See more sejenis rumput, sejenis alat muzik… See more das Schilf, das Rohrblatt… See more siv [neuter], siv, (tak)rør… See more 갈대… See more очерет, язичок… See more canna, cannuccia, ancia… See more Need a translator?

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