Word · Frequency #23643
bugles
号角；喇叭
bugles is the plural of bugle.
a brass instrument without valves, used for military calls and fanfares
- 1.
A horn used by hunters.
猎人使用的号角。
- 2.
A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes as a decorative trim
缝在衣服上作装饰性镶边的管状玻璃或塑料珠子
- 3.
A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga.
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。
- 4.
a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
无阀铜管乐器；用于军号声和号角花彩
- 5.
A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series
一种简单的铜管乐器,由无阀号角构成,仅能演奏其泛音列中的音高
- 6.
any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover
欧亚大陆产的各种低矮一年生或多年生常绿草本植物；用于地被覆盖
- 7.
The sound of something that bugles.
号角声的声音。
- 8.
a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration
缝在衣物上作装饰的管状玻璃或塑料珠子
- 9.
A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
一种野牛；水牛。
猎人使用的号角。；缝在衣服上作装饰性镶边的管状玻璃或塑料珠子；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。；无阀铜管乐器；用于军号声和号角花彩；一种简单的铜管乐器,由无阀号角构成,仅能演奏其泛音列中的音高
In use
At the ceremony, a soldier raised the bugle to his lips and played the morning call.
My grandfather still keeps a silver bugle from his army days.
The music store sells small bugles for school bands.
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。
bugle to do sth
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。
Common mistakes
He can play bugle.He can play the bugle.
Connections
Collocations
- bugle call
- 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。
- sound the bugle
- 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。
- play the bugle
- 吹号角；奏号角
- She can play the bugle for the morning ceremony.她能在晨会上吹号角。
- drum and bugle corps
- 鼓号队
- The drum and bugle corps marched in the parade.鼓号队在游行中行进。
Pop culture & quotes
- He was the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B.
- 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.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.