| 单词 | trumpet |
| 释义 | trumpet —trumpetless, adj. —trumpetlike, adj. /trum"pit/, n. 1. Music. a. any of a family of brass wind instruments with a powerful, penetrating tone, consisting of a tube commonly curved once or twice around on itself and having a cup-shaped mouthpiece at one end and a flaring bell at the other. b. an organ stop having a tone resembling that of a trumpet. c. a trumpeter. 2. something used as or resembling a trumpet, esp. in sound. 3. a sound like that of a trumpet. 4. the loud shrill cry of an animal, esp. an elephant. 5. See ear trumpet. 6. trumpets, any of several pitcher plants of the southeastern U.S. v.i. 7. to blow a trumpet. 8. to emit a loud, trumpetlike cry, as an elephant. v.t. 9. to sound on a trumpet. 10. to utter with a sound like that of a trumpet. 11. to proclaim loudly or widely. [1300-50; ME trumpette, trompette < F, equiv. to trompe TRUMP2 + -ette -ET] |
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