trumpet
trumpet
noun
blow one's trumpet
noun
- a brass musical instrument with a flared bell and a bright, penetrating tone. The modern instrument has the tubing looped to form a straight-sided coil, with three valves
喇叭，小号
■an organ reed stop with a quality resembling that of a trumpet
（风琴的）小号音栓
■something shaped like a trumpet, especially the tubular corona of a daffodil flower
喇叭形物（尤指黄水仙的管状冠）
■a sound resembling that of a trumpet, especially the loud cry of an elephant
喇叭似的响声（尤指大象的吼声） - (trumpets)a North American pitcher plant
北美黄瓶子草 - Genus Sarracenia, family Sarraceniaceae: several species, in particular yellow trumpets (S. flava)
瓶子草属，瓶子草科： 数种，尤指黄瓶子草（拉丁名S. flava）
- [no obj.]play a trumpet
吹喇叭
[as adj. trumpeting]figures of two trumpeting angels.
两个吹号天使的画像。
■make a loud, penetrating sound resembling that of a trumpet
发出喇叭声似的响声
wild elephants trumpeting in the bush.
野象在灌木林中吼叫。 - [with obj.]proclaim widely or loudly
广为宣告；大声宣告；大事宣传
the press trumpeted another defeat for the government.
报界大肆宣传政府的又一次失败。
blow one's trumpet
- talk openly and boastfully about one's achievements
自我吹嘘，自吹自擂
he refused to blow his own trumpet and blushingly declined to speak.
他拒绝自我吹嘘，羞红着脸不肯发言。
- Middle English: from Old French trompette, diminutive of trompe (see trump). The verb dates from the mid 16th cent
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