| 单词 | war-trumpet |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswar-trumpet d. With words denoting cries, songs, musical instruments, etc., as war-chant, war-cheer, war-horn, war-march, war-music, war-pipe, war-shout, war-tramp, war-trumpet, war-whistle, war-yell. ΚΠ 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 388 Taking from him his drum, war-whistle, and martial titles. 1793 W. Blake Amer. 76 Sound! sound! my loud war-trumpets. 1808 W. Scott Marmion v. v. 247 And varying notes the war-pipes brayed, To every varying clan. 1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming iii. xxvi And for the business of destruction done Its requiem the war-horn seemed to blow. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 56 What marvel, then, At times, unbidden notes should rise, Confusedly bound in memory's ties, Entangling, as they rush along, The war-march with the funeral song? 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son II. 43 Thus I stopped his triumphant war-yells. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. ii. ii. 188 The first blast of the war-trump will scatter their greenness to the winds. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 107 When first I heard War-music. 1866 E. Bulwer-Lytton Lost Tales Miletus, Secret Way 41 The huge walls Shook with the war-shout of ten thousand voices. 1892 H. R. Haggard Nada the Lily xxvii. 228 As they went they sang the Ingomo, the war-chant of the Zulu. 1970 R. Lowell Notebk. 191 Frederick the Great of Prussia's war-cheer, ‘Move, you bastards, do you want to live forever?’ < as lemmas |
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