You don't play the oboe. -I could play the oboe.

你又不会吹 我可以吹。

Doesn't she play the oboe, or flute or something?

她演奏的是不是，还是长笛什么的？

Yeah, I could tell. Especially during that oboe solo.

我看出来了 尤其是在独奏时。

And I'm wondering are--is it the oboe maybe-- instead of the clarinet being sharp, the oboe's flat.

而且我可能觉得不是单音高了而是低了点。

Andrew Price regularly plays oboe with several orchestras in Boston.

安德鲁·普莱斯经常在波士顿的一交响乐团演奏。

" Can you play the oboe really well" ? -" Not quite, but I'm trying" .

-" 你能把吹得很好吗？" --" 不完全能，但是我在努力。"

Then there are the woodwinds, the flute, oboe, clarinet, etc. only two or three of a kind.

之后是木乐器，长笛，和单等等，只有两三种。

And away they all went, fiddles and oboes, as loudly as they could.

然后他们都走了， 小提琴和， 尽可能大声。

Bridge game, oboe, loom, or badminton set?

桥牌、、机或羽毛球？

The bonobo played oboe, the ferret the flute, The jackal attacked the bassoon.

倭黑猩猩吹，雪貂吹长笛，豺狼攻击巴松。

Is a cello or an oboe a better instrument to capture a comet's path?

大提琴或是捕捉彗星路径的更好乐器吗？

There was Timothy Thomas and John Biles on the other fiddles; and Dan Hornhead and Robert Dowdle played the oboes.

其他小提琴手是蒂莫西·托马斯（Timothy Thomas）和约翰·拜尔斯（John Biles）。丹·霍恩黑德和罗伯特·道德尔演奏。

Performing in public, though, filled him with terror, which led him to give up his job as principal oboe in the BBC Welsh Orchestra.

可是，由于他在公众场所表演充满紧张，致使他放弃了在英国BBC广播公司威尔士乐团首席演奏员的工作。

They put their fiddles and their oboes under their arms, and very quietly they went down the gallery stairs and out of the back door of the church.

他们把小提琴和夹在腋下，悄悄地走下画廊的楼梯， 走出教堂的后门。

Especially when you recognize a particular instrument, if you recognize an oboe, or you recognize a flute or a violin, or you recognize just the speaking voice of a friend on a phone - it's because of the timbre;the sort of sound quality.

特别是当你认出一种特定的乐器时， 如果你认出，或者你认出长笛或小提琴，或者你只认出朋友在电话里说话的声音——那是因为音色； 那种音质。