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单词 trumpet
释义

trumpet

[ truhm-pit ]
/ ˈtrʌm pɪt /
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noun

verb (used without object)

to blow a trumpet.
to emit a loud, trumpetlike cry, as an elephant.

verb (used with object)

Origin of trumpet

1300–50; Middle English trumpette, trompette<French, equivalent to trompetrump2 + -ette-et

OTHER WORDS FROM trumpet

trum·pet·less, adjectivetrum·pet·like, adjectiveun·trum·pet·ed, adjective

Words nearby trumpet

trump, trump card, trumped-up, Trumpeldor, trumpery, trumpet, trumpet creeper, trumpeter, trumpeter swan, trumpetfish, trumpet flower
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British Dictionary definitions for trumpet

trumpet
/ (ˈtrʌmpɪt) /

noun

verb -pets, -peting or -peted

to proclaim or sound loudly

Derived forms of trumpet

trumpet-like, adjective

Word Origin for trumpet

C13: from Old French trompette a little trump ²
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for trumpet

trumpet

A brass instrument with a brilliant tone, much used in classical music, as well as in military music and jazz.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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