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cowbell

/kou-bel/US // ˈkaʊˌbɛl //UK // (ˈkaʊˌbɛl) //

牛铃,牛铃声,牛铃铛,奶牛铃

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a bell hung around a cow's neck to indicate its whereabouts.
    • : the bladder campion.

Examples

  • Turnstile’s aesthetic has opened wide enough to accommodate pastel Coachella synths, jittery punk-funk cowbells, more than one cameo from Dev Hynes of Blood Orange and more — often without forfeiting the music’s emotional center.

  • Ferrell pulled out his iconic cowbell from the classic Blue Oÿster Cult SNL skit—and played the hell out of it!

  • Not even the breachiest of breachy young heifers could be expected to tinkle a cowbell with such briskness.

  • And he could see a bell too—an undersized cowbell—that dangled at the creature's breast and jangled incessantly.

  • I kin see him plain as day—he's got an old cowbell hitched to his neck; and he's shy a couple of feathers out of one wing.

  • There was silence in the room, broken only by the ticking of the old clock and the tinkle of a distant cowbell.

  • There is the tinkling of a cowbell,—a noise how peevishly discordant were it close at hand, but even musical now.