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单词 change-ringing
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Definition of change-ringing in English:

change-ringing

noun
mass noun
  • The ringing of sets of church bells or handbells in a constantly varying order.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For twelve bells, the largest number used for change-ringing, the total number of possible sequences is 479,001,600 and would take 37 years and 355 days to ring at a normal ringing rate.
    • In English change-ringing the bell may be balanced upside down and swung through a full circle, the moment of its sounding being controlled by the ringer.
    • The captain of the bell ringers, Martin Davies, said: ‘A peal of 12 bells will enhance the cathedral's role as a centre of excellence for traditional change-ringing.’
    • My main pastime for many years was change-ringing.
    • Called change-ringing bells, the music they make may not be familiar melodies, but if you listen carefully, the music they make is rhythmic and complex.

Derivatives

  • change-ringer

  • noun
    • He was a change ringer at the Old North Church in Boston when he was 15 years old.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He has been a change ringer at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London for more than 40 years.
      • Bennett became so fascinated with bell ringing, he studied it as an art and has become an ‘occasional change-ringer.’
      • At his side, bearing the aspergillum with its sprinkling of holy water, was change-ringer Doug Snoswell.
      • Limerick's two full sets of bells, at St Mary's Cathedral and at the Redemptorists, are a treasure, and it is great to see that the city has never been short of volunteer change-ringers to play them.
 
 

Definition of change-ringing in US English:

change-ringing

nounˈCHānjˌriNGiNGˈtʃeɪndʒˌrɪŋɪŋ
  • The ringing of sets of church bells or handbells in a constantly varying order.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For twelve bells, the largest number used for change-ringing, the total number of possible sequences is 479,001,600 and would take 37 years and 355 days to ring at a normal ringing rate.
    • Called change-ringing bells, the music they make may not be familiar melodies, but if you listen carefully, the music they make is rhythmic and complex.
    • In English change-ringing the bell may be balanced upside down and swung through a full circle, the moment of its sounding being controlled by the ringer.
    • My main pastime for many years was change-ringing.
    • The captain of the bell ringers, Martin Davies, said: ‘A peal of 12 bells will enhance the cathedral's role as a centre of excellence for traditional change-ringing.’
 
 
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