单词 | house bell |
释义 | > as lemmashouse bell house bell n. ΚΠ 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. i. i. f. 12v The honest Friar..by sound of the house Bell, caused all the Brethren to assemble together. 1751 Virginia Gaz. 8 Aug. Curious Brass Fenders and Fire Dogs, House Bells of all Sizes. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. xiii. 249 The loud noise of the house-bell . View more context for this quotation 1834 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 3 414/1 He rung the teacher's house-bell. 1921 W. de la Mare Crossings 88 The far-away house-bell clangs into the room. 1953 A. Bester Demolished Man ii. 32 The house-bell chimed. Powell glanced at his watch in surprise. 1997 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 26 Aug. (Baylife section) 3 All the house bells were inside the enclosed stoop. < as lemmas |
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