"tall, broad-leafed grass growing in wet places," Old English hreod "reed, rush," from Proto-Germanic *kreut- "reed" (cognates: Old Saxon hraid, Old Frisian hriad, Middle Dutch ried, Dutch riet, Old High German hriot, German Ried), with no known cognates beyond Germanic.
Meaning "musical pipe made from a reed stem" is from late 14c. (reed-pipe is from c. 1300). As part of the mouthpiece of a musical instrument it is attested from 1520s. Meaning "a reed instrument" is from 1838.
中文解释
1. deer <===> reed: 鹿生活在芦苇丛中。
实用例句
1. Referee Michael Reed had no hesitation in awarding a penalty.
裁判迈克尔·里德毫不犹豫地判了点球。来自柯林斯例句
2. Reed International is a curiosity in the international world of publishing.
里德国际公司是国际出版界的一朵奇葩。来自柯林斯例句
3. The river banks were overgrown with reed.
河岸长满了芦苇.来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. A new RS ( Reed - Solomon ) code decoding algorithm based on the Euclidean Divi - sion is presented.
