(亦作 bugle-horn)a brass instrument like a small trumpet, typically without valves or keys and used for military signals 号角,喇叭
verb
[no obj.]sound a bugle 吹号 ■[with obj.]sound (a note or call) on a bugle 用号角吹出(音符或号声) he bugled a warning. 他吹号向大家发出警告。
派生 bugler noun 语源
Middle English : via Old French from Latin buculus, diminutive of bos 'ox'. The early English sense was 'wild ox', hence the compound bugle-horn, denoting the horn of an ox used to give signals, originally in hunting
bugle2 noun
[mass noun]a creeping Eurasian plant of the mint family, with blue flowers held on upright stems 筋骨草(北美)。 亦称 bugleweed
Genus Ajuga, family Labiatae: several species, especially the common A. reptans 筋骨草属,唇形科:数种,尤指普通筋骨草匍匐筋骨草(拉丁名A.reptans)
语源
Middle English : from late Latin bugula
bugle3 noun
an ornamental tube-shaped glass or plastic bead sewn on to clothing (衣服上装饰用的)玻璃(或塑料)珠