blow horn
吹喇叭,吹响号角,吹号,吹号角
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Definitions
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- : one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain hooved mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- : a similar growth, sometimes of hair, as the median horn or horns on the snout of the rhinoceros, or the tusk of the narwhal.
- : antler.
- : a process projecting from the head of an animal and suggestive of such a growth, as a feeler, tentacle, or crest.
- : the bony substance of which such animal growths are composed.
- : any similar substance, as that forming tortoise shell, hoofs, nails, or corns.
- : an article made of the material of an animal horn or like substance, as a thimble, spoon, or shoehorn.
- : any projection or extremity resembling the horn of an animal.
- : something resembling or suggesting an animal horn: a drinking horn.
- : a part resembling an animal horn attributed to deities, demons, etc.: the devil's horn.
- : Usually horns. the imaginary projections on a cuckold's brow.
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Phrases
- horn in on
- horns of a dilemma, on the
- blow one's own horn
- lock horns
- pull in one's horns
- take the bull by the horns
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Another car behind it in line was behaving “obnoxiously,” honking its horn and blasting music, he said.
Carolina Garcia, 35, director of original series at NetflixMy parents always say, “Toma el toro por las astas,” which means, “Grab the bull by the horns.”
He took pictures of the lizard and measured the size and shape of its body parts, such as the length of its nose-horn and head.
To transform a horse into a unicorn, you could try adding a horn from a related animal, Paul Knoepfler says.
Researchers have found certain genes that are turned off or on when animals are growing their horns.
So I asked the driver to honk the horn, which he does, and Rod looks over.
Reportedly, George Custer wore a Stetson into Little Big Horn.
A car parked at a red light honked its horn in rhythm with the chant as the crowd passed in front of it.
He told the court he called the retired captain to see exactly where he lived so he knew when to sound the cruise ship horn.
Available at Jonathan Adler Whisky Tumbler Set—Light Horn, $65 This is drinking at its most fashionable.
Before the outlaw can comply with this small request the horn sounds again.
Also our six-shooters reposed in their scabbards, the four belts hooked over the horn of MacRae's saddle.
There's one called ze, on top of a hill shaped almost like a horn; she showed me a picture of it.
The second barrel was discharged with no better result, except that a splinter of its horn was knocked off.
A huge string game-bag was slung over his back, and in an antelope's horn or a crane's bill bullets were carried.