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单词 knell
释义 knell
 /nel/,  n.  
  1. the sound made by a bell rung slowly, esp. for a death or a funeral.
  2. a sound or sign announcing the death of a person or the end, extinction, failure, etc., of something: the knell of parting day.
  3. any mournful sound.
  v.i.  
  4. to sound, as a bell, esp. a funeral bell.
  5. to give forth a mournful, ominous, or warning sound.
  v.t.  
  6. to proclaim or summon by, or as if by, a bell.
 [bef. 950; (n.) ME knel, OE cynll; (v.) ME knellen, knyllen, OE cynllan; c. ON knylla to beat, strike; akin to D knal bang, knallen to bang, G Knall explosion, knallen to explode]
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