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单词 reveille
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reveille

(rɪvæli, US revəli)
uncountable noun
Reveille is the time when soldiers have to get up in the morning.
It must be nearly six; soon would be reveille and the end of the night's rest.

reveille in British English

(rɪˈvælɪ)
noun
1. 
a signal, given by a bugle, drum, etc, to awaken soldiers or sailors in the morning
2. 
the hour at which this takes place
Also called (esp US): rouse
Word origin
C17: from French réveillez! awake! from re- + Old French esveillier to be wakeful, ultimately from Latin vigilāre to keep watch; see vigil

reveille in American English

(ˈrɛvəli; British and Canadian rɪˈvæli; rɪˈvɛli)
noun Military
1. 
a signal on a bugle, drum, etc. at some fixed time early in the morning to waken soldiers or sailors or call them to first assembly
2. 
the first assembly of the day
Word origin
< Fr réveillez (-vous), imper. of (se) réveiller, to wake up < ré- (< L re-) + veiller (< L vigilare, to watch: see vigilant)

Examples of 'reveille' in a sentence
reveille

He had woken at half past five in an almost empty hut, a reveille different from any other.
Sillitoe, Alan THE OPEN DOOR (1989)
`Come on, old gas-bag, reveille, this man's got to fly aeroplanes tomorrow.
Davis, John Gordon SEIZE THE RECKLESS WIND (1989)
Throughout his career in the Army, he'd never failed to awake a few minutes before reveille.
Clancy, Tom CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (1989)
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