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Trumpet
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(trumpets, trumpeting, trumpeted) 1. A trumpet is a musical instrument of the brass family which plays quite high notes. N-VAR: oft the N 2. If someone trumpets something that they are proud of or that they think is important, they speak about it publicly in a very forceful way. The government has been trumpeting tourism as a growth industry... Nobody should be trumpeting about chemical weapons... It was trumpeted that the nation’s health was improving. VERB: V n as n, V about n, it be V-ed that
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English trompette, from Anglo-French, from trumpe trump Date: 14th century 1. a. a wind instrument consisting of a conical or cylindrical usually metal tube, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and a flared bell; specifically a valved brass instrument having a cylindrical tube with two turns and a usual range from F sharp below middle C upward for 2 1/2 octaves b. a musical instrument (as a cornet) resembling a ~ 2. a ~ player 3. something that resembles a ~ or its tonal quality: as a. a funnel-shaped instrument (as a megaphone) for collecting, directing, or intensifying sound b. (1) a stentorian voice (2) a penetrating cry (as of an elephant) • ~like adjective II. verb Date: 1530 intransitive verb 1. to blow a ~ 2. to make a sound suggestive of that of a ~ transitive verb to sound or proclaim on or as if on a ~ ~ the news TRUMPETER SWAN noun Date: 1834 a rare large pure white swan (Cygnus buccinator) of western North America that is noted for its sonorous voice ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a tubular or conical brass instrument with a flared bell and a bright penetrating tone. b its player. c an organ stop with a quality resembling a trumpet. 2 a the tubular corona of a daffodil etc. b a trumpet-shaped thing (ear-trumpet). 3 a sound of or like a trumpet. --v. (trumpeted, trumpeting) 1 intr. a blow a trumpet. b (of an enraged elephant etc.) make a loud sound as of a trumpet. 2 tr. proclaim loudly (a person's or thing's merit). Phrases and idioms trumpet-call an urgent summons to action. trumpet major the chief trumpeter of a cavalry regiment. Derivatives trumpetless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF trompette dimin. (as TRUMP(2)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. муз. труба to play the trumpet —- играть на трубе 2. слуховая трубка 3. звук трубы, трубный звук 4. рев слона 5. раструб, труба 6. воронка 7. рупор, мегафон 8. трубач Id: to blow one's own trumpet —- хвалиться, бахвалиться; заниматься саморекламой 9. трубить 10. издавать трубный звук 11. реветь (о слоне) 12. возвещать the radio trumpeted the news over the world —- радио разнесло эту новость по всему миру successes widely trumpeted by the press —- успехи, о которых трубит пресса ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) труба 2) слуховая трубка 3) раструб 4) рупор 5) звук трубы; трубный звук 6) рев слона to blow ones own trumpet - хвалиться, заниматься саморекламой 2. v. 1) трубить 2) возвещать 3) реветь (о слоне) TRUMPET major штаб-трубач ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n 1 a musical instrument that you blow into, which consists of a curved metal tube that is wide at the end with three buttons to change the note 2 the loud noise that an elephant makes (- see also blow your own trumpet blow1 (21)) ~2 v 1 to tell everyone about something that you are proud of, in an annoying way (She's always trumpeting her son's achievements.) 2 if an elephant trumpets, it makes a loud noise ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 14c., from O.Fr. trompette "trumpet," dim. of trompe, a long, tube-like musical wind instrument, from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. trumpa and O.N. trumba "trumpet"). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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