bell
铃声,钟声,铃铛,铃音
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Definitions
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- : a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- : the stroke or sound of such an instrument: We rose at the bell.
- : anything in the form of a bell.
- : the large end of a funnel, or the end of a pipe, tube, or any musical wind instrument, when its edge is turned out and enlarged.
- : Architecture. the underlying part of a foliated capital.
- : Nautical. any of the half-hour units of nautical time rung on the bell of a ship.each individual ring of the bell, counted with others to reckon the time: It is now four bells.a signal on the telegraph of a large power vessel, made between the navigating officers and the engineer.
- : Zoology. umbrella.
- : Botany. the bell-shaped corolla of a flower.
- : Metallurgy. a conical lid that seals the top of a blast furnace and lowers to admit a charge.
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- : to cause to swell or expand like a bell: Belling out the tubes will permit a freer passage of air.
- : to put a bell on: Should we bell the wreath so we'll know when he opens the front door?
- : British Informal. to telephone: If I have time, I’ll bell you from the office.
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- : to take or have the form of a bell.
- : Botany. to produce bells; be in bell.
Phrases
- bell the cat, who will
- clear as a bell
- ring a bell
- saved by the bell
- sound as a bell
- with bells on
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The options with bells and whistles aren’t necessarily what the professionals would recommend, but they can be the easiest to use.
While they may not have bells and whistles, they can keep your feet warm for short outdoor activities.
Instead, bus drivers will have to perform “double-runs” for elementary, middle and high schools, which means some kids will arrive at school after the first bell and other kids will get home later than they did pre-pandemic.
Last year, Bell and Schwarber each saw his OPS fall off the cliff.
The Drop ENTR doesn’t boast any major bells and whistles, but it’s one of the best tenkeyless mechanical keyboards you can buy for less than $100.
The bell tower bellows loudly when a little muscle power is put into it.
Movie buffs have commented endlessly on the bell-tower sequence in Vertigo.
There was only one phone left and when it would ring, the bell would echo, oddly, off the walls.
In Vertigo there's a strange cut in the first bell-tower sequence.
However, as she feared, The Bell Jar appeared to indifferent notices and the launch—which Ted attended—was rather low-key.
I was rather awed by his imposing appearance, and advanced timidly to the doors, which were of glass, and pulled the bell.
When the whole hunt is hunting up, each single change is made between the whole hunt, and the next bell above it.
Keep closely covered with a bell glass and, in a few weeks, more or less, the baby Ferns will start to put in an appearance.
Mrs. Vivian had hardly spoken when the sharp little vibration of her door-bell was heard in the hall.
Every bell lies four times together before, and four times behind, except only when the extream changes are made behind.