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trumpet

/ˈtrʌmpət/KK

/ˈtɹʌmpət/IPA

trʌm·pət

練發音
名詞
高中
難度 2 個音節、5 個義項
運動
also used as a verb
變化形
複數

trumpets

1.
小號,喇叭
常用

一種銅管樂器,演奏者把嘴唇貼在吹嘴上振動發聲,並用按鍵改變音高。例句:我弟弟加入學校樂隊後,每天放學後都練習吹小號。

用法:作樂器名稱時為可數名詞。通常說 play the trumpet,不用 play trumpet。

a trumpet player
a trumpet solo
a brass trumpet
play the trumpet
learn the trumpet

The trumpet player played a short song at the school show.

小號手在學校表演中演奏了一首短曲。

She borrowed a trumpet from the music room for practice.

她從音樂教室借了一把小號練習。

2.
(大象等發出的)高亢鳴叫聲
較少用

像小號般響亮、高亢的聲音,尤其指大象發出的叫聲。例句:我們在動物園聽見大象發出響亮的鳴叫。

用法:常與 elephant 搭配使用。

hear a trumpet in the distance
an elephant's trumpet
a loud trumpet

The baby elephant answered its mother's trumpet with a quiet call.

小象用一聲輕聲的叫聲回應媽媽的號角聲。

3.
喇叭花,喇叭狀花朵
罕見

喇叭狀的花,或帶有這類花朵的某些植物名稱的一部分。例句:院子圍牆旁的喇叭花在夏天開得很茂盛。

用法:在植物名稱中,常與其他名詞連用。

trumpet vine
trumpet flower
angel's trumpet

The trumpet flowers brought butterflies to the school garden.

喇叭花把蝴蝶帶到學校花園。

4.
高聲宣告,四處宣揚
常用
正式

以引人注意、往往帶有誇耀意味的方式公開宣布某件事或大力宣傳某人、某物。例句:這家店在社群媒體上大力宣傳週年慶折扣。

用法:通常作及物動詞,後面接宣傳的消息、成就或優點。

trumpet an achievement
trumpet the benefits
trumpet success
trumpet a new product

The company trumpeted the new program as faster and easier to use.

這家公司大力宣傳這個新程式,說它更快也更容易使用。

He did not trumpet his good grades to his classmates.

他沒有向同學四處炫耀自己的好成績。

5.
(大象等)發出高亢鳴叫
較少用

發出像小號般響亮、高亢的聲音,尤指大象鳴叫。例句:大象看見飼育員帶著食物走來時,高聲鳴叫。

用法:可不接受詞使用。

elephants trumpet
trumpet loudly
trumpet with excitement
trumpet in alarm

The elephants trumpeted loudly when the thunder started.

雷聲開始響起時,那些大象大聲鳴叫。

常見錯誤

He plays trumpet in the school band.

He plays the trumpet in the school band.

She is learning a trumpet.

She is learning the trumpet.

The company trumpeted about its new product.

The company trumpeted its new product.

The elephant made trumpet loudly.

The elephant trumpeted loudly.

相關字詞
cornet 近義
fanfare 近義
announce 近義
boast 近義
trumpeter 同源詞
bugle 近義
學習提示

・trumpet 作動詞表示「高調宣傳」時,常帶有說話者不以為然或認為宣傳過頭的語氣。

・樂器義最常見;若要表示「吹小號」,可說 play the trumpet。

・trumpet vine 是植物名稱,不能把它誤解成「小號藤」這種字面意思。

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