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pealing

/peel/US // pil //UK // (piːl) //

剥落,剥皮,霹雳,霹雳啪啦

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
    • : a set of bells tuned to one another.
    • : a series of changes rung on a set of bells.
    • : any loud, sustained sound or series of sounds, as of cannon, thunder, applause, or laughter.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to sound loudly and sonorously: to peal the bells of a tower.
    • : Obsolete. to assail with loud sounds.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to sound forth in a peal; resound.

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Examples

  • Bells were pealing and tolling in all directions, and the air was filled with the sound of distant shouts and cries.

  • In Manila particularly, amidst the pealing of bells and strains of music, unfeigned enthusiasm and joy were everywhere evident.

  • “But she may be happy,” Lady Engleton suggested when the ceremony was over, and the organ was pealing out the wedding march.

  • Never before was the sky more blue, the air more sweet, the village church bells' pealing merrier.

  • Still the Bells, pealing forth their changes, made the very air spin.