| 单词 | ting-tang bell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasting-tang bell As a modifier, designating something which makes a succession of two ringing sounds differing in tone or force; spec. designating a clock that sounds the quarter hours by striking two bells of different pitch alternately (cf. ding-dong n. 1c), as in ting-tang bell, ting-tang clock, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > other types of clock watch-clock1592 German clock1598 quarter clocka1631 wheel-clock1671 table clocka1684 month clock1712 astronomical clock1719 musical clock1721 repeater1725 Tompion1727 pulling clock1733 regulator1735 eight-day clock1741 regulator clock1750 French clock1757 repetition clock1765 day clock1766 striker1778 chiming clock1789 cuckoo-clock1789 night clock1823 telltale1827 carriage clock1828 fly-clock1830 steeple clock1830 telltale clock1832 skeleton clock1842 telegraph clock1842 star clock1850 weight-clock1850 prison clock1853 crystal clock1854 pillar scroll top clock1860 sheep's-head clock1872 presentation clock1875 pillar clock1880 stop-clock1881 Waterbury1882 calendar-clock1884 ting-tang clock1884 birdcage clock1886 sheep's head1887 perpetual calendar1892 bracket clock1894 Act of Parliament clock1899 cartel clock1899 banjo-clock1903 master clock1904 lantern clock1913 time clock1919 evolutionary clock1922 lancet clock1922 atomic clock1927 quartz clock1934 clock radio1946 real-time clock1953 organ clock1956 molecular clock1974 travelling clock2014 1656 E. Prestwich Hectors i. i. 4 Great Bels..will far out sound any of these tinckling ting-tang blades. 1777 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 278 A small or Ting Tang bell. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xv. §3317 Ting tong carriage clock. 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 265 Ting Tang Clock, a clock that sounds the half-hours or quarters on two bells only. 2006 Peak District Life Spring 8/2 The oldest of seven bells in the church tower is the Sanctus bell, dedicated before the Reformation and nicknamed the ‘ting-tang’ bell because of its distinctive sound. < as lemmas |
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