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blow/sound + a/the + bugle
bugle 作名词时可数，常与 blow 或 sound 搭配。
The soldier blew a bugle at dawn.
士兵在黎明时吹响了号角。
号角；喇叭
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
号角；喇叭
a brass instrument without valves, used for military calls and fanfares
The soldier blew a bugle at dawn.
士兵在黎明时吹响了号角。
猎人使用的号角。
A horn used by hunters.
缝在衣服上作装饰性镶边的管状玻璃或塑料珠子
A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes as a decorative trim
唇形科植物,用作地被覆盖,如筋骨草属的匍匐筋骨草及其他筋骨草属植物。
A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.
无阀铜管乐器；用于军号声和号角花彩
a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
At the ceremony, a soldier raised the bugle to his lips and played the morning call.
仪式上，一名士兵把号角举到唇边，吹响了晨号。
My grandfather still keeps a silver bugle from his army days.
我祖父还留着一支他从军时期的银色号角。
The music store sells small bugles for school bands.
这家乐器店向学校乐队出售小型号角。
bugle 作名词时可数，常与 blow 或 sound 搭配。
The soldier blew a bugle at dawn.
士兵在黎明时吹响了号角。
bugle 作动词时为不及物动词，意为“吹号”，后接不定式表示目的。
He bugled to gather the troops.
他吹号集合部队。
Not this
He can play bugle.
Use this
He can play the bugle.
英语中表示演奏乐器（如号角）时，通常在乐器名称前加定冠词the，而中文没有对应冠词，因此容易遗漏。加上the后才符合英语习惯。
Not this
There are two bugle on the table.
Use this
There are two bugles on the table.
bugle是可数名词，表示两个或以上时需用复数形式bugles。中文名词无单复数变化，所以容易漏掉词尾-s。
Not this
Yesterday he bugle the troops.
Use this
Yesterday he bugled the troops.
在一般过去时中，动词bugle需变为过去式bugled。中文动词没有时态变化，所以容易漏掉-ed后缀。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
军号声；号角声
The bugle call sounded across the camp at dawn.
黎明时分，军号声响彻营地。
吹响号角
He sounded the bugle to signal the start of the race.
他吹响号角，示意比赛开始。
吹号角；奏号角
She can play the bugle for the morning ceremony.
她能在晨会上吹号角。
鼓号队
The drum and bugle corps marched in the parade.
鼓号队在游行中行进。
出自安德鲁斯姐妹的歌曲《Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy》：他是B连的布基伍基号角手。
The bugle sounded, and the soldiers gathered for the morning roll call.
号角响起，士兵们集合进行晨间点名。
Use bugle naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
Bugle（号角）一眼像“bug”（小虫）加“le”，想象小虫趴在军号口，吹号时震飞。
语域：mixed 常见场景：military、ceremonial、brass band 作为名词指无阀门的铜管乐器，多用于军事、仪式或乐队等正式场合；作为动词指吹号，较少见，也常出现在军事或户外活动语境中。
真正同韵的是 frugal /ˈfruːɡəl/。eagle、legal、beagle 拼写中以 -gle 结尾，但发音为 /iːɡəl/，与 bugle 的 /uːɡəl/ 不同韵；toggle、smuggle 拼作 -ggle，分别读 /ˈtɒɡəl/ 和 /ˈsmʌɡəl/，也只是拼写相似的形近词。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.