A person who plays the trumpet. It is the ordinary word for the job — in an orchestra, a jazz band, a school band, or the army, where a trumpeter's signals once told soldiers when to wake, eat, and fight.

A person一個人, who plays the trumpet只要會吹小號 就叫trumpeter吹小號手. It is它是 the ordinary word for the job這個職業的普通說法 — in an orchestra, a jazz band, a school band, or the army不管在管絃樂團、爵士樂團、學校樂隊,或軍隊裡, where a trumpeter's signals once told soldiers when to wake, eat, and fight軍隊裡小號手的信號以前用來通知士兵起床、吃飯、打仗的時間.

English has two ways to say this and they are not quite equal: 'trumpeter' names the role or the profession ('she's a fine trumpeter'), while 'trumpet player' just describes what someone is doing and is more common in casual speech about learners and amateurs.

English英文 has two ways to say this有兩種說法, and they are not quite equal但不完全對等: 'trumpeter'「trumpeter」 names the role or the profession指的是這個角色或職業 ('she's a fine trumpeter'像「she's a fine trumpeter她是個優秀的小號手」), while 'trumpet player'而「trumpet player」 just describes what someone is doing只是描述某人正在做的事 and is more common in casual speech about learners and amateurs在講學習者或業餘愛好者的閒聊裡比較常用.

You may also meet it as the name of a large white water bird, the trumpeter swan, so called because its call sounds like a horn.

You may also你也可能會 meet it as the name遇到它當成名字 of a large white water bird一種大型白色水鳥, the trumpeter swan也就是trumpeter swan(號手天鵝), so called because its call sounds like a horn之所以這樣叫是因為牠的叫聲像號角.

And in older writing a 'trumpeter' could mean someone who loudly announces news — a sense that survives in the phrase 'blow your own trumpet', meaning to praise yourself.

And而 in older writing在較舊的文章裡, a 'trumpeter'「trumpeter」 could mean someone who loudly announces news可以指大聲宣布消息的人 — a sense that survives這個意思還留在 in the phrase 'blow your own trumpet'「blow your own trumpet」這個片語裡, meaning to praise yourself意思是自我吹捧.