释义 |
tocsintoc‧sin /ˈtɒksɪn $ ˈtɑːk-/ noun [countable] tocsinOrigin: 1500-1600 Old French toquassen, from Old Provençal tocasenh, from tocar ‘to touch, ring a bell’ + senh ‘bell’ (from Latin signum; ➔ SIGN1) - He was still there when the tocsin sounded.
- I think he went on to the parapet and the tocsin was sounded to make him run.
- Secondly, Mowbray was lured to his death by the tocsin sounding.
- Some weeks later, the tocsin bell rang out throughout the fortress-monastery.
- The bell was the tocsin in the Tower!
- When the tocsin sounded I lurched out with the others to see what was wrong.
a loud warning bell, used in the past |