单词 | bugle |
释义 | bugle bugle1 —bugler, n. /byooh"geuhl/, n. , v. , bugled, bugling. n. 1. a brass wind instrument resembling a cornet and sometimes having keys or valves, used typically for sounding military signals. v.i. 2. to sound a bugle. 3. (of bull elks) to utter a rutting call. v.t. 4. to call by or with a bugle: to bugle reveille. [1250-1300; ME bugle (horn) instrument made of an ox horn < AF, OF < L buculus bullock, young ox, equiv. to bu- var. s. of bos ox + -culus -CLE1] bugle2 /byooh"geuhl/, n. ajuga. [1225-75; ME < OF < ML bugula a kind of plant] bugle3 /byooh"geuhl/, n. 1. Also called bugle bead. a tubular glass bead used for ornamenting dresses. adj. 2. Also, bugled. ornamented with bugles. [1570-80; of obscure orig.] |
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