| 词汇 | bell |
| 释义 | bell noun[ C ] uk /bel/ us /bel/ B1(alsodoorbell) an electrical device that makes a ringing sound when you press a button: （电）门铃 I stood at the front door and rang the bell several times.我站在前门，按了好几次门铃。 DNY59/E+/GettyImages B2 a hollow metal object shaped like a cup that makes a ringing sound when hit by something hard, especially a clapper: 钟;铃 The church bells rang out to welcome in the New Year.教堂的钟声响起，迎接新年的到来。 JackValley/E+/GettyImages The children arrived at school just as the bell was ringing. At the sound of the alarm bell, the customers all ran wildly for the doors. I rang the bell but nobody came to the door.我按响了门铃，可是没有人来开门。 In the square the church bells chimed.广场上教堂的钟声敲响了。 After their wedding the bells pealed out from the tower.他们的婚礼结束后塔楼里传出了钟声。 Musical instruments accordion acoustically aerophone alphorn alto drum machine drumbeat drumhead drumroll drumstick oud over-pedal panpipes paradiddle pedal steel tuned tuning fork tuning peg ukulele unpitched Idiomsgive someone a bell with bells on bell verb uk /bel/ us /bel/ bellverb (PUT BELL ON)[ Tusually passive ] to put a bell or bells on something: They wear traditional dress with bare feet and belled ankles. He belled their cats in an attempt to stop them killing birds. a belled cap/sleigh Hawks and falcons are frequently belled. A herd of belled goats ran jangling across the road. Musical instruments accordion acoustically aerophone alphorn alto drum machine drumbeat drumhead drumroll drumstick oud over-pedal panpipes paradiddle pedal steel tuned tuning fork tuning peg ukulele unpitched You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Gloves & accessories bellverb (PHONE)[ I or T ]UKinformal to telephone someone: Bell me when you're ready, OK? I belled him on his mobile. She belled Monday morning and told me the news. He bells me every Sunday. Bell your granny, would you? You didn't exactly bell at a good moment. Communications - by telephone 0800 number 3G 4G 5G access code aeroplane mode airplane mode area code buzz caller ID Directory Enquiries ISDN patch someone through phone in phone mast pick pick someone/something up speakerphone telephone unlisted bellverb (SHAPE)[ I ]literary to swell or curve outwards in a shape like a metal bell: We saw the ship, her sail belling in the wind, the spray bursting across her bows. She wore a beautiful satin coat that belled out at the back. She coughed and her cheeks belled. Water belled from the crown of the fountain. The mountain path belled out into a beautiful meadow. He was wearing filthy white socks with the toes belled out like lightbulbs. Spreading and scattering all over the placeidiom bedaub bestrew billow circulate dispersion disseminate dotted around dredge dusting encroach on/upon something fan out rambling scatteringly slap something on slather smear smudge smudgily sprinkle You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming bigger Idiombell the cat bell | American Dictionarybell noun[ C ] us/bel/ a hollow, cup-shaped, metal object that makes a ringing sound when a part hanging inside swings against its sides, or when it is hit by any hard object: The school bell was ringing. A bell is also a doorbell. bell | Business Englishbell noun uk /bel/us the bell [ S ] STOCK MARKET the sound that signals the beginning and end of a period of trading on a stock exchange: after/before the bellThe company said after the bell on Wednesday that its quarterly profit rose because of a 36% increase in sales of its software. Yesterday, all three major American indexes fell immediately after the opening bell. alarm/warning bells [ plural ] used to describe an occasion when you realize that something is wrong: ring/set off/sound warning bellsThese figures should sound warning bells that the consumer economy is increasingly fragile. Soaring costs of oil and gold set alarm bells ringing around the world. Examples of bellbell Whole bells make up 11.2% of the copper assemblage, while miscast bells represent 14.4% of the assemblage at that site. Many of the bells contained clappers, suggesting that they were being made as functional bells, not simply tinklers. The intricate designs of the bells indicate that their appearance, perhaps even more than their sound, was their most important aspect. Two bells have zoomorphic designs and are connected with cotton threads. The strings were less than 1 mm in diameter and likely attached the bells to clothing. The failed bells may be a result of producers' experimenting with smaller sizes of bells, often with unsuccessful results. The second and third bells enter after three measures, followed by the fourth and fifth bells in the next measure. I didn't hear the bells ring or whatever. They can be identi®ed from the founders' marks on the bells themselves. Unexpected knockabout humour is supplied in the form of woozy clarinet chirps, bells up. Even the sky is building to thunder; and it is impossible to believe other than that, in the church spire, the bells are pealing discordantly. European states usurped church bells for dynastic celebrations, military victories and national festivals. If no one knew for whom the bells were tolling, much of their value as information was lost. In a more secular society, church bells and other religious signals lost their significance for many people. Participation in religious services and processions marked by bells and singing helped shape a spiritual community that was also a local one. See all examples of bell These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withbellbellThese are words often used in combination with bell. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. bell rope All lead up to a partitioned room where the bellrope hangs through a hole in the ceiling. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. brass bell The church installed a brassbell in its steeple. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. bronze bell A cast bronzebell was installed in the tower in 1904. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with bell |
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