n. 喇叭, 号角

vt. 吹号

vi. 吹号

Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [OE. bugle buffalo, buffalo's horn, OF.
bugle, fr. L. buculus a young bullock, steer, dim. of bos ox.
See {Cow} the animal.]
A sort of wild ox; a buffalo. --E. Phillips.


Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [See {Bugle} a wild ox.]
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in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called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}.


Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [LL. bugulus a woman's ornament: cf. G.
b["u]gel a bent piece of metal or wood, fr. the same root as
G. biegen to bend, E. bow to bend.]
An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly
black.


Bugle \Bu"gle\, a. [From {Bugle} a bead.]
Jet black. ``Bugle eyeballs.'' --Shak.


Bugle \Bu"gle\, n. [F. bugle; cf. It. bugola, L. bugillo.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Ajuga} of the Mint family, a native of
the Old World.

{Yellow bugle}, the {Ajuga cham[ae]pitys}.