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单词 ring the bell
释义

bell1 /bel/

noun
  1. An instrument for giving a ringing sound, typically a hollow vessel of metal with flared mouth struck by a tongue or clapper, but taking many other forms
  2. Anything bell-shaped, as in diving bell, bell-glass, the open end of some wind instruments, etc
  3. A flower corolla shaped like a bell
  4. The body of a Corinthian or Composite capital, without the surrounding foliage (architecture)
  5. The sound of a bell
  6. A signal or intimation by bell
  7. A stroke or double stroke of a bell to indicate the number of half-hours of the watch that have elapsed, two bells, three bells, etc, meaning that two, three, etc half-hours have passed, the end of the watch of four hours being eight bells (nautical)
intransitive verb

To ring

transitive verb

To furnish with a bell, esp in bell the cat (see below)

transitive verb and intransitive verb

To (cause to) flare out in the shape of a bell

ORIGIN: OE belle cognate with Du bel

belled adjective

Shaped like a bell

bell beaker noun

The distinctive wide-necked pottery vessel found (sometimes inverted) in the graves of Beaker Folk

bellˈbind noun (dialect)

Hedge or field bindweed

bellˈbird noun

  1. The S American campanero
  2. Any of several Australian and NZ birds with a bell-like call, such as either of the two species of honeyeater (Manorina melanophrys and Anthornis melanura) or the thickhead (Oreoica gutturalis)
  3. Elsewhere, other birds with bell-like notes

bellˈ-bottomed adjective

(of trousers) widening greatly from knee to ankle

bellˈ-bottoms plural noun

bellˈboy noun

A hotel porter or page

bell buoy noun

A buoy carrying a bell, rung by the movement of the waves

bellˈcote noun (architecture)

An ornamental structure made to contain one or two bells, and often crowned by a small spire

bell crank noun

A lever with two arms, usu at right angles, and a common fulcrum at their junction

bell end noun

  1. A rounded end part
  2. (vulgar sl) the tip of the penis
  3. An idiot or fool
  4. Someone despised

bellˈflower noun

A campanula

bellˈ-founder noun

A person who casts bells

bellˈ-foundry noun

bellˈ-glass noun

A bell jar

bellˈhanger noun

A person who hangs and repairs bells

bellˈ-heather noun

A variety of erica with bell-shaped flowers

bellˈhop noun (chiefly N American)

A bellboy

bellˈ-housing noun

A tapered outer casing of part of a vehicle's transmission

bell jar noun

A bell-shaped glass cover, in laboratories placed over apparatus to confine gases, etc, or used to protect ornaments or flower arrangements

bell magpie noun (Aust)

The currawong

bellˈman noun

  1. A person who rings a bell, esp on the streets, before making public announcements
  2. A town crier

bellˈ-metal noun

The metal of which bells are made, an alloy of copper and tin

bell pull noun

A cord or handle used in ringing a bell

bellˈ-punch noun

A ticket punch containing a bell

bell push noun

A button used in ringing an electric or spring bell

bellˈringer noun

  1. A person who rings a bell on stated occasions
  2. A performer on church bells or musical hand bells

bellˈringing noun

bellˈ-rope noun

The rope by which a bell is rung

bellˈ-shaped adjective

bellˈ-siller /-silˈər/ noun (Walter Scott)

A fee for bellringing at a funeral

bell tent noun

A bell-shaped tent

bell tower noun

A tower built to contain one or more bells, a campanile

bellˈ-turret noun

A turret containing a chamber for a bell, usu crowned with a spire

bellˈwether noun

  1. The leading sheep of a flock, on whose neck a bell is hung
  2. A ringleader
  3. A setter of a standard, pattern or trend, a leader (economics, etc)

bellˈwort noun

  1. Any plant of the family Campanulaceae
  2. A plant of the genus Uvularia (US)

bear or carry off (or away) the bell

To have or gain the first place

bell, book and candle

A phrase popularly used in reference to a form of excommunication ending, ‘Do to (ie shut) the book, quench the candle, ring the bell’

bells and whistles (slang)

Additional, largely decorative rather than functional features

bells of Ireland

An annual plant (Moluccella laevis) with white flowers and green bell-shaped calyxes, sometimes used in dried-flower arrangements

bell the cat

To undertake the leading part in any hazardous enterprise, from the fable of the mice who proposed to hang a warning bell round the cat's neck

clear as a bell

(of a sound) distinct and pure in tone

give someone a bell (slang)

To telephone someone

ring a bell

To begin to arouse a memory

ring the bell

To achieve a great success (from the bell of a shooting-gallery bull's-eye)

ring the bells backward

To reverse the order of chimes

sound as a bell

In perfect condition, health, etc

ring2 /ring/

intransitive verb (pat rang, (now rare) rung, (obsolete) rong; pap rung)
  1. To give a metallic or bell-like sound
  2. To sound aloud and clearly
  3. To give a characteristic or particular sound
  4. To resound, re-echo
  5. To be filled with sound, or a sensation like sound
  6. To be filled with talk or news of (with with)
  7. To cause a bell or bells to sound, esp as a summons or signal
transitive verb
  1. To cause to give a metallic or bell-like sound
  2. To sound in the manner of a bell
  3. To summon, usher or announce by a bell or bells
  4. To call on the telephone
  5. To re-echo, resound, proclaim
  6. To disguise (a stolen vehicle) by exchanging its frame, engine number, etc with those of a legitimate vehicle (slang)
noun
  1. A sounding of a bell
  2. The characteristic sound or tone, as of a bell or a metal, or of a voice
  3. A ringing sound
  4. A set of bells
  5. A telephone call
  6. A suggestion or impression
ORIGIN: OE hringan; ON hringja; Ger ringen; Dan ringe

ringed adjective (slang)

(of a car) put together from parts of other cars

ringˈer noun

  1. Someone or something that rings
  2. A horse raced under the name of another horse, or an athlete or other contestant competing under a false name or otherwise disguised (esp US)
  3. A car put together from parts of other cars
  4. An outsider, an impostor (US sl)
  5. (also dead ringer) a person or thing (almost) identical to some other person or thing (with for; informal)

ringˈing noun and adjective

ringˈingly adverb

ringing tone noun

A telephone tone indicating to the caller that a telephone is ringing (ie not engaged or disconnected) at the number called

ringˈtone noun

A characteristic sound or tune made by a mobile phone when ringing

ring a bell see under bell1

ring back

  1. To telephone (a previous caller) in response to his or her call
  2. To follow up a telephone call with a second one

ring down

  1. To give the signal for lowering the curtain (theatre)
  2. (with on) to bring (something) to a close (figurative)

ring in

  1. To ring more rapidly before stopping, as a final intimation to lingering churchgoers
  2. To report by telephone

ring in or out

To usher in or out (esp the year) with, or as if with, bellringing

ring off

To put an end to a telephone conversation by replacing the receiver

ring out

To sound loudly, clearly and suddenly

ring the bell and ring the bells backward see under bell1

ring true

To sound genuine (like a tested coin)

ring up

  1. To summon by a bell
  2. To call (someone) on the telephone
  3. To enter (an amount, a total) in eg a shop till

ring up the curtain

  1. To give the signal for raising the curtain (theatre)
  2. (with on) to open, set (something) in motion (figurative)
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