| 词汇 | knell |
| 释义 | knell noun[ S ] uk /nel/ us /nel/ a death knell终结的预兆，完结的信号（同 death knell） Death and dying all-cause mortality antemortem bereave bite bleed out coroner death toll ghost have one foot in the graveidiom macabre perish posthumously raise raise someone from the deadidiom remains roadkill self-extinction sepulchrally snuff toll Examples of knellknell If plans to produce cellulosic ethanol are carried very far, it could be the death knell for biodiversity and, with it, humanity's life-support systems. The collaboration of director and designer fell apart, but the death knell for the door was clearly at hand. Online delivery is not the death knell for record companies. But the synchro-cyclotron is not a symptom of the thriving state of nuclear physics, more like its death knell. Assimilation may not be the death knell of a minority language, but language choice generally means "going with the flow," and the flow is toward the majority language. We are talking about the death knell for the ferries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By the same token, it would be the death knell for renewables. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was the death knell for the minimum pension scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it fails and there happens to be a test ban meanwhile, that will be the death knell of our nuclear effectiveness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When she was elected, she said that it was the death knell of the poll tax, and she was right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Privatisation of the electricity industry sounded the death knell of the coal industry and, with it, coal-fired electricity generation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he realise that extending the privatisation principle to the welfare state will sound its death knell? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Once a fire starts, if it is not brought under control it can be the death knell of a colliery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Rising costs have reduced the gates and this tax will sound the death knell for many of these clubs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it does, it almost spells the death knell of a great number of football clubs throught the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. |
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