单词 | tintinnabulation |
释义 | tintinnabulation (once / 105530 pages) n The noun tintinnabulation refers to a bell-like sound, like the tintinnabulation of wind chimes blowing in the breeze. The sound of bells ringing, like church bells on a Sunday morning, can be called tintinnabulation. You can describe similar sounds that way, too — like the telephone's tintinnabulation or the tintinnabulation of your sister's silver bracelets tinkling together as she walks. The Latin word tintinnabulum means "bell," and Edgar Allen Poe popularized tintinnabulation's usage in the aptly named poem "The Bells." WORD FAMILYtintinnabulation: tintinnabulations+/tintinnabulate: tintinnabulated, tintinnabulates, tintinnabulating, tintinnabulation USAGE EXAMPLESAt this there was a simultaneous tintinnabulation of all the bells, as each graven image lowered its raised foot in distress. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) There was not a rumble, a tintinnabulation or even a few ka-chings when the national debt crept over $18 billion. Washington Times(Dec 02, 2014) The power of the "tintinnabulation" he discovered comes from its combination of ascetic rigour and the apparent simplicity of its materials. The Guardian(Jun 18, 2012) n the sound of a bell ringing Syn|Hypo|Hyper ring, ringing bell ringing the sound of someone playing a set of bells sound the sudden occurrence of an audible event |
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