Word · Frequency #10579
fife
军笛；小横笛
A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
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A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
一种尖锐的小笛,类似短笛,主要用于军乐中伴奏鼓点。
一种尖锐的小笛,类似短笛,主要用于军乐中伴奏鼓点。；横笛；吹横笛
In use
The marching band's fife player led the procession with a lively tune.
He learned to play the fife in just a few weeks.
The campers gathered around the fire while someone played a fife.
play the fife
He plays the fife in the marching band.
他在行军乐队中吹横笛。
a fife
She bought a fife for the parade.
她为游行买了一支横笛。
the fife
The fife has a shrill tone.
横笛音色尖锐。
Common mistakes
He plays fife in the marching band.He plays the fife in the marching band.
英语中，演奏某种乐器通常需要加定冠词'the'（如 play the piano），而'fife'作为可数名词，这里缺少冠词。
He plays the five in the marching band.He plays the fife in the marching band.
'five'（五）与'fife'（横笛）发音相近，但意思完全不同，这里应使用表示乐器的'fife'。
Connections
Collocations
- play the fife
- 吹横笛
- He learned to play the fife in marching band.他在军乐队中学吹横笛。
- fife and drum
- 横笛与鼓
- The fife and drum corps performed at the parade.横笛与鼓乐队在游行中表演。
- fife player
- 横笛手
- She is a talented fife player.她是一位有才华的横笛手。
- fife tune
- 横笛曲调
- The fife tune echoed across the field.横笛曲调在田野上回荡。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住“fife”像“飞飞”的声音，想象小横笛在空中飞舞，发出尖锐的音调。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：marching band、historical reenactment fife 多用于行军乐队或历史音乐中的高音横笛，在现代日常对话中不常见，属于较为正式或专业的词汇。
Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为fifes
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'fife' (pronounced /faɪf/) and share the spelling pattern '-ife'. Note that words like 'five' (/faɪv/) look similar but end in a different consonant.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.