bugle

bugle1
noun
  1. (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
  1. [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
  1. 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
  1. [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
  2. 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
  1. Middle English : from late Latin bugula

bugle3
noun
  1. 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
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: of unknown origin
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