bu·gle /ˈbjugəl/
喇叭,號角(vi.)(vt.)吹號
Bu·gle n. A sort of wild ox; a buffalo.
Bu·gle, n.
1. A horn used by hunters.
2. Mus. A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle.
Bu·gle, n. An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black.
Bu·gle, a. Jet black. “Bugle eyeballs.”
Bu·gle, n. Bot. A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of the Old World.
Yellow bugle, the Ajuga chamæpitys.
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bugle
n 1: a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls
and fanfares
2: any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen
herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover [syn: bugleweed]
3: a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for
decoration
v : play on a bugle