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trumpet

noun
🔊/ˈtrʌmpɪt/
🔊/ˈtrʌmpɪt/
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  1. a brass musical instrument made of a curved metal tube that you blow into, with three valves for changing the note小号；喇叭
    • the shrill blast of a trumpet刺耳的号声
    Topics Musicb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • muted
    verb + trumpet
    • blow
    • sound
    trumpet + verb
    • blare
    • sound
    trumpet + noun
    • blast
    • call
    • fanfare
    • …
    phrases
    • a blast of the trumpet
    • a fanfare of trumpets
    • a flourish of trumpets
    • …
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  2. a thing like a trumpet in shape, especially the open flower of a daffodil喇叭形物；（尤指）绽开的水仙花
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French trompette, diminutive of trompe, of Germanic origin; probably imitative. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.
Idioms
blow your own trumpet (especially British English)
(North American English usually blow/toot your own horn)
  1. (informal) to praise your own abilities and achievements自吹自擂 synonym boastTopics Successc2

trumpet

verb
🔊/ˈtrʌmpɪt/
🔊/ˈtrʌmpɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they trumpet
🔊/ˈtrʌmpɪt/
🔊/ˈtrʌmpɪt/
he / she / it trumpets
🔊/ˈtrʌmpɪts/
🔊/ˈtrʌmpɪts/
past simple trumpeted
🔊/ˈtrʌmpɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈtrʌmpɪtɪd/
past participle trumpeted
🔊/ˈtrʌmpɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈtrʌmpɪtɪd/
-ing form trumpeting
🔊/ˈtrʌmpɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈtrʌmpɪtɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] to talk or write about something publicly in a proud or enthusiastic way宣扬；鼓吹；吹嘘
    • trumpet something to trumpet somebody’s achievements吹嘘某人的成就
    • trumpet something as something Their marriage was trumpeted as the wedding of the year.他们的联姻被宣扬成年度婚礼。🔊🔊
    • + speech ‘PM heads for election landslide,’ trumpeted ‘The Times’ on 19 April.4月19日，“泰晤士报”大肆宣扬，“总理将竞选连任推翻”。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
  2. [intransitive] (especially of an elephant 尤指大象) to make a loud noise吼叫
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French trompette, diminutive of trompe, of Germanic origin; probably imitative. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.