英语单词 | bell |
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英美音标 | 英 [bel] 美 [bel] |
中文释义 | n.钟;铃;门铃;钟声;钟状物 vt.敲钟;使象钟状地张开 vi.使呈钟状;张开 |
英语例句 | (1) The church bell tolled the hour. (2) I was roused by the sound of the bell this morning. (3) I was too preoccupied to hear the bell. (4) The church bell calls up my wedding day. (5) The young monk clangs the bell every morning. (6) Lots of bell ringers were killed by lightning. (7) The thief got flurried,thinking that it was too bad to have produced the crashiing sound which would himself on the bell,trying to muffle the crashing sound with his arms. |
中文例句 | (1) 教堂的鸣钟报时。 (2) 今天早晨,我被铃声唤醒。 (3) 当时我出神地想着心事,没有听见门铃响。 (4) 教堂的钟声使我想起了我结婚的那天。 (5) 年幼的和尚每天早晨当当地敲钟。 (6) 许多敲钟人被闪电击毙。 (7) 他心里一急,身子一下子扑到了钟上,张开双臂想捂住钟声,可钟声又怎么捂得住呢! |
vocabulary简明 | A bell is a hollow object, usually made of metal, that makes a deep ringing sound when it's hit or shaken. In the old days, the sound of a dinner bell meant that it was time to eat. |
vocabulary扩展 | A belly dancer might have tiny bells on her costume that ring as she moves, and the church in your neighborhood might have a huge bell that's rung every hour. Other kinds of bells include a door bell, a bicycle bell, or a school bell, all of which make a sound to signal something. The Old English root is belle, from a Proto-Indo-European source, bhel-, "to sound" or "to roar." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]铃 A bell is a device that makes a ringing sound and is used to give a signal or to attract people's attention.
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]钟 A bell is a hollow metal object shaped like a cup which has a piece hanging inside it that hits the sides and makes a sound.
3 [PHRASE 短语]十分清晰;非常清楚 If something is as clear as a bell, it is very clear indeed. [usu v-link PHR]
4 [PHRASE 短语]给…打电话 If you give someone a bell, you telephone them. [V inflects] [BRIT 英] [INFORMAL 非正式]
5 [PHRASE 短语]听起来耳熟(但记不真切) If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is. [V inflects] [INFORMAL 非正式]
6 [PHRASE 短语]非常健康的;完好无损的 If something is as sound as a bell it is healthy and not damaged in any way. [v-link PHR]
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