英语词汇“bell”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	bell
释义	bell bell¹ —bell-less, adj. /bel/, n. 1. a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like. 2. the stroke or sound of such an instrument: We rose at the bell. 3. anything in the form of a bell. 4. the large end of a funnel, or the end of a pipe, tube, or any musical wind instrument, when its edge is turned out and enlarged. 5. Archit. the underlying part of a foliated capital. 6. Naut. a. any of the half-hour units of nautical time rung on the bell of a ship. b. each individual ring of the bell, counted with others to reckon the time: It is now four bells. c. a signal on the telegraph of a large power vessel, made between the navigating officers and the engineer. 7. Zool. umbrella (def. 2). 8. Bot. the bell-shaped corolla of a flower. 9. Metall. a conical lid that seals the top of a blast furnace and lowers to admit a charge. 10. ring a bell, to evoke a memory, esp. a vague or partial recollection; remind one of something: His name rings a bell but I can't remember him. 11. ring the bell, to provide what is desired; be satisfactory or successful: This new book rings the bell with teenagers. 12. saved by the bell, a. (of a boxer) saved from a knockout by the ringing of a gong signaling the end of a round. b. (of any person) spared from anticipated trouble by some extraneous event. 13. with bells on, Informal. eagerly; ready to enjoy oneself: Just say when, and we'll be there with bells on. v.t. 14. to cause to swell or expand like a bell (often fol. by out): Belling out the tubes will permit a freer passage of air. 15. to put a bell on. v.i. 16. to take or have the form of a bell. 17. Bot. to produce bells; be in bell (said of hops when the seed vessels are forming). 18. bell the cat. See cat¹ (def. 15). [bef. 1000; ME, OE belle; c. D bel; deriv. of BELL²] bell² /bel/, v.i. , v.t. 1. to bellow like a stag in rutting time. 2. to bay, as a hunting dog. n. 3. the cry of a rutting stag or hunting dog. [1275-1325; ME bellen, OE bellan to roar; c. OHG bellan (G bellen to bark), MD bellen, belen, ON belja; akin to Lith balsas voice, Skt bhas- bark, bhas- speak. See BELLOW, BELCH]
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