bell
- IPA[bɛl]
英式
- a hollow metal object, typically in the shape of a deep inverted cup widening at the lip, that sounds a clear musical note when struck, especially by means of a clapper inside；a device that includes or sounds like a bell, used to give a signal or warning
- provide with a bell or bells；make a ringing sound likened to that of a bell
verb: bell, 3rd person present: bells, gerund or present participle: belling, past tense: belled, past participle: belled
noun: bell, plural noun: bells
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名詞
- 1. a hollow metal object, typically in the shape of a deep inverted cup widening at the lip, that sounds a clear musical note when struck, especially by means of a clapper inside the church bells tolled a bell tinkled as he went in the shop
- ▪ a device that includes or sounds like a bell, used to give a signal or warning a bicycle bell
- ▪ (in boxing and other sports) a bell rung to mark the start or end of a round they were dragged off each other at the final bell
- 2. a bell-shaped object or part of something.
- ▪ the end of a trumpet or other brass instrument the acoustic properties of a trumpet's bell
- ▪ the corolla of a bell-shaped flower a flower with small pale blue bells
- ▪ the umbrella of a jellyfish the tiny jellyfish has a bell measuring five to ten millimetres wide
- 3. a musical instrument consisting of a set of metal tubes of different lengths, suspended in a frame and played by being struck with a hammer.
- 4. (preceded by a numeral) the time as indicated every half hour of a watch by the striking of the ship's bell one to eight times at five bells in the forenoon of June 11
動詞
- 1. provide with a bell or bells the young men were belling and hobbling the horses before releasing them
- 2. make a ringing sound likened to that of a bell the organ was belling away
- ▪ British informal phone (someone) no problem, I'll bell her tomorrow
- 3. spread outwards like the lip of a bell her shirt belled out behind
- having a bell or bells: animals in gaudy belled harnesses
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- having a bell or bells: animals in gaudy belled harnesses
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- IPA[bel]
美式
- a hollow object, typically made of metal and having the shape of a deep inverted cup widening ... the church bells tolled a bell tinkled as he went in the shop
- provide with a bell or bells; attach a bell or bells to: the young men were belling and hobbling the horses before releasing them
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- IPA[bɛl]
英式
- the characteristic cry of a stag or buck at rutting time.
- (of a stag or buck) make a cry at rutting time.
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[bel]
美式
- the cry of a stag or buck at rutting time.
- (of a stag or buck) make a cry at rutting time.
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- IPA[bɛl]
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- a city in south-western California, south-east of Los Angeles; population 36,657 (est. 2008).
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- IPA[bel]
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- a city in southwestern California, southeast of Los Angeles; population 36,657 (est. 2008).
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[bɛl]
英式
- Currer, Ellis, and Acton, the pseudonyms used by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë.
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[bel]
美式
- Currer, Ellis, and Acton, the pseudonyms used by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, respectively.
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