Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - trumpet
Trumpet
trumpet
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))
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English trompette, from Anglo-French, from trumpe trump Date: 14th century 1. a wind instrument consisting of a conical or cylindrical usually metal tube, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and a flared bell, a musical instrument (as a cornet) resembling a ~, a ~ player, something that resembles a ~ or its tonal quality: as, a funnel-shaped instrument (as a megaphone) for collecting, directing, or intensifying sound, b. a stentorian voice, a penetrating cry (as of an elephant), ~like adjective II. verb Date: 1530 intransitive verb to blow a ~, to make a sound suggestive of that of a ~, transitive verb to sound or proclaim on or as if on a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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