中文翻译与英英解释

1.号角〔一种单簧管乐器〕。
2.(英国水手跳的)号笛舞；号笛舞曲。

a British solo dance performed by sailors

an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone
同义词：pibgorn, stockhorn,

music for dancing the hornpipe

The hornpipe is any of several dance forms played and danced in Britain and elsewhere from the late 17th century until the present day. It is said that hornpipe as a dance began around the 16th century on English sailing vessels.

例句与用法

Ah , it s a fine dance - i m with you there - and looks mighty like a hornpipe in a rope s end at execution dock by london town , it does
啊，这把戏可真绝也算上我一个。还真像伦敦城外正法码头上脖子上套着绳圈跳舞的水手玩的那套把戏。

The duke told him , and then says : " i ll answer by doing the highland fling or the sailor s hornpipe ; and you - well , let me see - oh , i ve got it - you can do hamlet s soliloquy .
公爵对他作了解释，然后说： “我就来上一段苏格兰舞，或是水手跳的笛舞，你呢啊，让我想一想好，有了你不妨念一段哈姆雷特的独白。 ”