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reveille n. 起床號,晨號,早點,集合 起床號,晨號,早點,集合 reveille n 1: ( military) signal to wake up [ synonym: { reveille}, { wake- up signal}] 2: a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunriseReveille \ Re* veil" le\, n. [ F. r[' e] veil, fr. r[' e] veiller to awake; pref. re- re- pref. es- ( L. ex) veiller to awake, watch, L. vigilare to watch. The English form was prob. taken by mistake from the French imper. r[' e] veillez, 2d pers. pl. See { Vigil}.] ( Mil.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging. " Sound a reveille." -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] For at dawning to assail ye Here no bugles sound reveille. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 21 Moby Thesaurus words for " reveille": Angelus, Angelus bell, alarm, alarum, arousal, awakening, battle cry, birdcall, bugle call, call, last post, moose call, rallying cry, rebel yell, rousing, rude awakening, summons, taps, trumpet call, war cry, whistle
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