An oboe is a long, thin wooden pipe that you play by blowing.

An oboe是 is a long, thin wooden pipe that you play by blowing是一種細長的木管樂器，用吹的方式演奏。

At the top there is a double reed: two small pieces of cane that shake against each other when the air goes through. That is why the sound is thin, a little like speaking through the nose, and quite high — not round and soft like a flute.

At the top在頂端 there有 is a double reed有雙簧片: two small pieces of cane就是兩片小竹片（蘆葦片） that shake against each other吹氣通過時會互相震動 when the air goes through。That這 is why the sound is thin就是為什麼聲音聽起來很細, a little like speaking through the nose有點像用鼻音講話, and quite high而且相當高 — not round and soft like a flute不像長笛那樣圓潤柔和。

You mostly meet it in an orchestra or a wind band; it often plays the note that everyone else tunes to at the start of a concert.

You你 mostly meet it in an orchestra or a wind band大多會在管絃樂團或管樂團裡遇到它; it它 often plays the note that everyone else tunes to at the start of a concert在音樂會開始時常常吹出讓其他人對音的那個音。

English used to call it a hautboy. Around 1770 people began writing the Italian spelling oboe instead. The older French name hautbois just means “high wood”: a high-pitched woodwind.

English英文 used to call it a hautboy以前叫它hautboy。Around 1770大約1770年左右 people人們 began writing the Italian spelling oboe instead開始改寫成義大利文拼法oboe。The older French name hautbois較早的法文名字hautbois just means 「high wood」意思就是高音的木頭: a high-pitched woodwind指音高的木管樂器。

It is not a clarinet. A clarinet has one reed; an oboe has two, and the sound is sharper.

It它 is not a clarinet不是單簧管。A clarinet單簧管 has one reed只有一片簧片; an oboe而雙簧管 has two有兩片, and the sound is sharper聲音也比較尖銳。