| 单词 | bugle |
| 释义 | bugle (once / 1157 pages) 1nv 2n 3n A bugle is a very simple brass instrument. Bugles are commonly used in the military to mark parts of the day, including first thing in the morning. Bugles are notable for their lack of valves — instead of controlling pitch with the fingers, a bugler does it entirely with her lips on the mouthpiece. The traditional bugle call is the series of notes used in military camps to signal daybreak and dusk, and sometimes other daily routines. Bugle was originally an Old French word meaning "musical horn," but also "wild ox" or "buffalo." The "horn" meaning came from the curled shape of an animal's horn. WORD FAMILYbugle: bugled, bugler, bugles, bugling+/bugler: buglers USAGE EXAMPLESFans paid a war tax of 2 cents on their 50-cent tickets, which also bought intermission performances by the battalion’s brass and bugle bands. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) The Bugle is dead, long live the Bugle. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) When “first call to colors” was bugled just before eight, the band formed up on the fantail to play “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 07, 2016) 1 1n a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares Hyper brass, brass instrument a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece 2v play on a bugle 2Hyper play, spiel replay (as a melody) n a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration 3Hyper bead a small ball with a hole through the middle n any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover Syn|Hypo|Hyper bugleweed Ajuga reptans, creeping bugle low rhizomatous European carpeting plant having spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in parts of United States Ajuga genevensis, blue bugle, erect bugleupright rhizomatous perennial with bright blue flowers; southern Europe Ajuga pyramidalis, pyramid bugleEuropean evergreen carpeting perennial Ajuga chamaepitys, ground pine, yellow buglelow-growing annual with yellow flowers dotted red; faintly aromatic of pine resin; Europe, British Isles and North Africa herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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