intransitive. figurative. To sound ominously or with ominous effect. Also said allusively in reference to death or extinction. (Cf. knell, n. b.)
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| 释义 | the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > mournful or plaintive [verb (intransitive)] > ominous (1) knell1816 intransitive. figurative. To sound ominously or with ominous effect. Also said allusively in reference to death or extinction. (Cf. knell, n. b.) |
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