trumpeter

英 ['trʌmpɪtə(r)] 美 ['trʌmpɪtər]

• n. 小号手；号兵；鹤形鸟

英英释义

Noun:

1. a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet

2. (formal) a person who announces important news;

   "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet"
   

3. large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated

4. large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I was a trumpeter in the jazz band at school.
   在学校时我是爵士乐队的小号手。
2. Far away he could hear trumpeters sounding reveille.
   他可以听到远处号兵在吹起床号。

经典引文

• Osbert, Prior of Westminster, the special trumpeter of Eadward's renown.

  出自： E. A. Freeman

词汇搭配

• Your trumpeter's dead! 别自吹自擂啦！别吹啦...

近反义词

【近义词】

• announcer 广播员
• trumpet 喇叭
• cornetist 木笛手
• trumpeter swan 号手天鹅
• herald 使者