英语词汇“peal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	peal
释义	peal I. \ˈpēl, esp before pause or consonant -ēəl\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English pele appeal, summons to church by bell-ringing, short for appel, apel, apele appeal — more at appeal 1. a. : the loud ringing of bells < the peal of victory won — Bulletin of Bates College > b. (1) : a complete set of changes on a given number of bells; especially : the series on seven bells usually with the tenor struck at the end of each change < each tower peal took three hours — Christian Science Monitor > — compare touch 12 (2) : a shorter performance than a full peal c. : a set of bells tuned to the tones of the major scale for change ringing < the original bells … will be melted down and recast into another peal — Sylvia Gray > 2. : a loud sound or succession of sounds < send him into peals of laughter — H.A.Overstreet > < heavy peals of thunder — W.J.Humphreys > < the loud peal of the doorbell — Agnes S. Turnbull > • - in peal II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *intransitive verb* : to utter or give out peals : resound < silvery laughter pealed against the ceiling — Frank Yerby > < the bells in the parish churches … began pealing — Saturday Review > *transitive verb* 1. obsolete : to assail or din (as the ear) with sound < nor was his ear less pealed with noises loud and ruinous — John Milton > 2. : to utter or give forth loudly : sound forth in a peal : noise abroad < pealed his ideas through all the neighborhood > < pealed a high C on the trumpet > III. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English pelen, short for apelen, appelen to appeal — more at appeal dialect England : appeal IV. noun (-s) Etymology: origin unknown Britain : grilse
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