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单词 chime
释义

chime

1 of 3

noun (1)

ˈchīm How to pronounce chime (audio)
: the edge or rim of a cask or drum

chime

2 of 3

verb

chimed; chiming

intransitive verb

1
a
: to make a musical and especially a harmonious sound
b
: to make the sounds of a chime
2
: to be or act in accord

transitive verb

1
: to cause to sound musically by striking
2
: to produce by chiming
3
: to call or indicate by chiming
the clock chimed midnight
4
: to utter repetitively : din sense 2
chimer noun

chime

3 of 3

noun (2)

1
: an apparatus for chiming a bell or set of bells
2
a
: a musically tuned set of bells
b
: one of a set of objects giving a bell-like sound when struck
3
a
: the sound of a set of bells
usually used in plural
b
: a musical sound suggesting that of bells
4
: accord, harmony
such happy chime of fact and theory Henry Maudsley

Synonyms

Verb

  • agree
  • assort
  • blend
  • chime in
  • conform
  • consort
  • coordinate
  • groove
  • harmonize

Noun (2)

  • jingle
  • tinkle
  • tintinnabulation
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Example Sentences

Verb The music and the mood chimed well together. the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English chimbe, from Old English cimb-; akin to Middle Dutch kimme edge of a cask

Noun (2)

Middle English, cymbal, probably from Anglo-French *chimbe, cime, from Latin cymbalum cymbal

First Known Use

Noun (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a

Noun (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

chime 1 of 2

verb

ˈchīm How to pronounce chime (audio)
chimed; chiming
1
: to make sounds like a bell
2
: to call or indicate by chiming
The clock chimed midnight.

chime

2 of 2

noun

1
: a set of bells tuned to play music
door chimes
2
: the sound from a set of bells
usually used in pl.
the chimes of a church bell

chime 1 of 2

noun

1
as in rattle
usually chimes plural a series of short high ringing sounds the welcoming chimes on our doorbell

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • rattle
  • tinkle
  • clatter
  • jingle
  • clink
  • tintinnabulation
  • ring
  • jangle
  • clang
  • ping
  • trill
  • warble
  • clank
  • ding-dong
  • chirr
  • ripple
  • chink
2
as in harmony
peaceful coexistence firmly believes that science and religion can keep chime with one another

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • harmony
  • peace
  • concord
  • compatibility
  • consensus
  • comity
  • solidarity
  • companionship
  • collaboration
  • unanimity
  • peacefulness
  • sympathy
  • understanding
  • unity
  • fellowship
  • agreement
  • friendship
  • empathy
  • compatibleness
  • reciprocity
  • kinship
  • symbiosis
  • fraternization
  • affinity
  • congeniality
  • amity
  • connection
  • serenity
  • sweetness and light
  • rapport
  • cohesion
  • sereneness
  • oneness
  • tranquility
  • cohesiveness
  • tranquillity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • discord
  • conflict
  • variance
  • dissension
  • dissention
  • hostility
  • hatred
  • dissent
  • antagonism
  • divorce
  • antipathy
  • rupture
  • breach
  • enmity
  • alienation
  • schism
  • disturbance
  • severance
  • disorder
  • strife
  • unfriendliness
  • scission
  • estrangement
  • turmoil
  • anarchy
  • dissidence
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chime

2 of 2

verb

1
as in to blend
to form a pleasing relationship the restaurant's manor-house decor chimes perfectly with the chef's traditionalist take on haute cuisine

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • blend
  • correspond
  • correlate
  • agree
  • harmonize
  • coordinate
  • match
  • groove
  • conform
  • chime in
  • meet
  • consort
  • balance
  • merge
  • dovetail
  • coalesce
  • parallel
  • assort
  • hang together
  • fuse
  • tally
  • square
  • bond
  • cohere
  • conjoin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • differ
  • conflict
  • counter
  • contradict
  • diverge
  • offset
  • contrast
  • counteract
  • collide
  • clash
  • jar
  • cancel (out)
  • negate
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2
as in to ring
to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates the doorbell chimed just as we were sitting down to eat

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • ring
  • peal
  • knell
  • jingle
  • gong
  • tinkle
  • echo
  • bong
  • toll
  • ping
  • clang
  • clink
  • resonate
  • clank
  • ding
  • plunk
  • reverberate
  • tang
  • ding-dong
  • clash
  • plonk
  • tingle
  • jangle
  • resound
  • chink
  • plink
3
as in to repeat
to say or state again TV commercial that chimes the same message over and over

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • repeat
  • reiterate
  • din
  • come again
  • echo
  • iterate
  • paraphrase
  • summarize
  • rehearse
  • parrot
  • recapitulate
  • reecho
  • mouth
  • recap
  • reword
  • sum up
  • outline
  • encapsulate
  • abstract
  • epitomize
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