Trumpet



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解释

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• n. 喇叭, 小号
• ［英］ n. 喇叭, 小号 ( a brass wind instrument)
• ［类］ trumpet : horn / tambourine : drum ( 小号是一种号角 / 手鼓是一种鼓)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English trompette, from Anglo-French, from trumpe trump
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a wind instrument consisting of a conical or cylindrical usually metal tube, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and a flared bell; specifically a valved brass instrument having a cylindrical tube with two turns and a usual range from F sharp below middle C upward for 2 1/2 octaves
  • b. a musical instrument (as a cornet) resembling a trumpet
• 2. a trumpet player
• 3. something that resembles a trumpet or its tonal quality: as
  • a. a funnel-shaped instrument (as a megaphone) for collecting, directing, or intensifying sound
  • b.
    • (1) a stentorian voice
    • (2) a penetrating cry (as of an elephant)
• ? trumpetlike adjective

II. verb

• Date: 1530
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to blow a trumpet
  • 2. to make a sound suggestive of that of a trumpet
• transitive verb
  • to sound or proclaim on or as if on a trumpet <trumpet the news>

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