saxophone

英 ['sæksəfəʊn] 美 ['sæksəfon]

saxophone 萨克斯管

来自法语 saxophone,萨克斯管，来自该乐器发明者 19 世纪比利时乐器师 Antoine Joseph Sax. 该姓氏字面意思为撒克逊人。

saxophone: saxophone: [19] The saxophone commemorates the name of its inventor, the Belgian musical instrument maker Adolphe Sax (1814–94) (his real Christian names were Antoine Joseph). He seems to have devised it around 1840, and the term saxophone first appeared in English in 1851, in the catalogue of the Great Exhibition. His father Charles Joseph Sax (1791–1865) was also an instrument maker, and similarly had an instrument of his invention named after him – the saxhorn [19].
saxophone (n.): 1851, from French saxophone, named for Antoine Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (1814-1894), Belgian instrument maker who devised it c. 1840, + Greek -phonos "voiced, sounding." His father, Charles Joseph (1791-1865) invented the less popular saxhorn (1845). The surname is a spelling variant of Sachs, Sacks, literally "Saxon." Related: Saxophonist.

2. He started his career in show business by playing the saxophone and singing.: 他的演艺生涯是从吹奏萨克斯和唱歌开始的。

3. He took a saxophone from the Salvation Army but was caught and had to hand it back.: 他从救世军那里拿了一支萨克斯管，但却被抓住了，只得将其交还。

4. He couldn't play saxophone but hoot, which set us laughing.: 他根本不会吹萨克斯管,只吹出“嘟嘟”的声音, 把我们大家逗得哈哈大笑.

5. Saxophone is the devil's horn that has become God's voice.: 萨克斯是魔鬼的乐器,却发出了上帝的声音.